According2Sam Podcast

One of the most important responsibilities of the President of the United States is ensuring the safety of the country. Given the many dangers and threats in the world, this is a significant duty. As President Trump seeks to address this responsibility by removing immigrants his administration deems dangerous, he faces strong opposition from Democrats. They argue that the Trump administration has...

Bill Clinton made significant cuts to the federal government as President. Using his executive authority, he ordered a reduction of at least 100,000 federal positions during his first term, along with a 12 percent cut in administrative and program costs for each federal department and agency. These were just a few of the proposed reductions under his initiative to "reinvent government," or REGO, a...

The coordinated attack on Tesla, one of America’s most profitable companies, is rapidly evolving into a serious threat. Numerous protests have been organized at Tesla dealerships nationwide, accompanied by acts of vandalism and destruction targeting both dealerships and privately owned Tesla vehicles. While the Trump administration has labeled these activities as domestic terrorism, the attacks ha...

Chuck Schumer angered many within his own party last week when he undermined one of their key strategies to challenge the Trump administration. Democrats had hoped Schumer would stand firm and refuse to support the government funding bill backed by President Trump, even if it meant a government shutdown. Initially, Schumer said he would oppose the bill and demanded 30 days to negotiate a bipartisa...

A few weeks ago, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the United States to meet with President Trump, he declined to agree to a ceasefire in the war with Russia. During the now-infamous Oval Office meeting, Zelenskyy stated that his condition for agreeing to a ceasefire was security guarantees. Shortly thereafter, while in London meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Zelen...

The civil war in Syria began in 2011, during the Obama administration. President Obama expressed U.S. support for the Sunni rebels fighting against the Assad regime and declared that the Syrian leader must go. In 2012, he started secretly providing non-lethal assistance to the rebels through the CIA, and by 2013, he began supplying them with lethal weapons. Many critics questioned the wisdom of Ob...

Last week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer echoed George W. Bush when he committed to taking Britain to war with Russia. He declared that Britain would be willing to put boots on the ground and planes in the air in Ukraine to protect their security. However, it’s highly unlikely that he could rally NATO nations to join him, as Ukraine is not a member of NATO. European Union nations also have n...

Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut admitted to meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before his meeting with President Trump. Murphy was part of a bipartisan group of members of Congress who met with Zelenskyy ahead of his White House visit to coach him on what to say—and what not to say. It's surprising that U.S. lawmakers would need to advise Zelenskyy on his talking points, espe...

The United States has been supporting Ukraine since 2014—11 years. During that time, we have provided at least $200 billion, with some estimates suggesting the amount is even higher. While much of that money goes to American defense contractors, it’s important to note that the U.S. must create additional debt to allocate these funds. In other words, the U.S. is borrowing money to support Ukraine,...

Today marks the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and a resolution was passed in the United Nations condemning Russia and calling for a return to the preinvasion borders. Although the resolution passed it was significant that the United States joined Russia in voting against it. This was the first time the United States voted against a resolution involving Ukraine, and it signaled...

It is a grave misconception to view the God of the Bible solely through the lens of love. While the Bible does affirm that God is love, it also acknowledges that He does hate. The Bible lists these things that God hates: a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that devise wicked plans, feet swift to run toward evil, and one who sows discord. For example, the innocent bloodshed in Ukraine. The question...

More Americans are paying closer attention to the national debt than ever before. Whether President Trump and Elon Musk will succeed in reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending, or in balancing the federal budget, remains uncertain. However, they have already succeeded in drawing significant attention to the issue. Many younger Americans, who will bear the burden of this massive deb...

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once stated that what makes the United States such a free country is not the Bill of Rights, but the separation of powers and checks and balances. Since the founding of our nation, there has been an ongoing struggle to balance the powers of the three branches of government, with each branch testing the boundaries of its authority. The check on their power comes...

The Democratic Party has developed a four-pronged strategy to counter the Trump administration, focusing on litigation, legislation, oversight, and mobilizing their base through effective communication. They have already started implementing this approach, with litigation being a key component. Congressional Democrats are collaborating with party members in states with Democratic governors and att...

How do you eat a leviathan? One bite at a time. That’s the approach the Trump administration and Elon Musk are taking in their goal to cut the federal budget by $2 trillion. A brilliant first step was targeting the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency responsible for foreign aid. Though USAID accounts for only 1% of the massive federal budget, it has become a strategic poi...

The speed with which the Trump administration has enacted policy has left the Democratic Party in disarray. In the first two weeks of his presidency, he has taken a remarkable amount of executive action and signed a major immigration bill that passed with Democratic votes in both chambers. The Trump administration is moving so quickly that Democratic attempts to counter him resemble a game of Whac...

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791, three years after the Constitution itself. Since then, we’ve spent over 200 years debating what these rights truly mean. Questions like, “Does the First Amendment protect pornography?” or “Does the Second Amendment cover automatic firearms?” and others, continue to spark debate. One of the most co...

President Trump is sending a clear message to the world: the American border is closed. Anyone who attempts to enter the U.S. illegally will be arrested and deported. The policy of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants is not new. The Obama administration deported more people than any other president in U.S. history, and President Biden also significantly increased deportations in his final y...

It’s surprising that Democrats seem so shocked by President Trump’s decision to pardon and commute the sentences of individuals convicted for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. He made this commitment repeatedly during the 2024 campaign. In fact, January 6 was a central focus of Joe Biden’s campaign when he was the nominee, and it remained a key issue when Kamala Harris took o...

President Biden leaves office with the lowest approval rating of any one-term president in U.S. history, and his presidency is viewed as a failure by a majority of Americans. Over the past four years, we have seen rising crime, crippling inflation, a surge in illegal immigration, and a world more unstable than at any time since the Cold War. In contrast, President Trump enters office for a second...

Vivek Ramaswamy faced significant criticism following a post on X, where he claimed that American culture is mediocre. This statement came amid the controversy surrounding H-1B visas and what was being described as a "MAGA civil war." Ramaswamy argued that the mediocrity of American culture was the reason top tech companies in the United States needed to bring in foreign-born and first-generation...

Just hours before violent winds fueled the flames that destroyed neighborhoods and homes, including those of many Hollywood celebrities, the city hosted the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, with comedian Nikki Glaser as the host. A clip from the ceremony has gone viral, in which Glaser delivers a joke midway through the event. After sharing a tally of mentions during the early acceptance speeches,...

When people say "Make America Great Again", it suggests that America was once greater than it is today—and in many cases, that is true. America once boasted the best cities in the world, with stunning skylines, top-tier infrastructure, and skilled leaders who knew how to manage urban environments. These leaders understood the importance of planning, ensuring cities had access to essential services...

Everyone is talking about the civil war within the MAGA movement over H-1B work visas. It’s a battle between Old MAGA and New MAGA. Old MAGA refers to those who have supported President Trump and the America First agenda since his 2016 campaign. These are working-class Americans who helped him win the Rust Belt with promises to stop the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs and reduce immigration, bot...

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, a confidential CIA brief was leaked to CBS News. It was the CIA's daily brief to the President for August 6, 2001, just 36 days before the attacks. This document contained extremely sensitive, classified information, and its leak put the Bush administration on the defensive. Taking advantage of the fact that the document remaine...