According2Sam Podcast

During the 2016 election, when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were the two major party nominees, the Clinton campaign hired a commercial research firm to conduct opposition research on Trump. The firm, Fusion GPS, based in Washington, D.C., was responsible for creating the political opposition report known as the Steele Dossier. Nellie Ohr, a Russian-speaking analyst with degrees in history and...

The public first became aware of the Steele Dossier when Donald Trump was President-Elect for the first time. Initially presented as an intelligence report, it was later revealed to be political opposition research. The dossier contained scandalous and salacious allegations about President-Elect Trump, supposedly occurring during his time in Russia. While these accusations were a shock to the publ...

The power to pardon is one of the most delicate authorities granted to the President of the United States, as it lies solely within the discretion of the executive branch. There is no judicial or congressional oversight, leaving room for potential abuse of this power. Throughout history, many presidents have issued controversial pardons, but what President Joe Biden is reportedly considering as hi...

Sally Yates served as Deputy Attorney General during the final term of the Obama administration. She was second-in-command at the Department of Justice (DOJ) during the 2016 election when both major party candidates were under investigation by the FBI’s counterintelligence division. Earlier this week, Yates appeared as a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Stewart asked Yates about the incom...

During the campaign, Democrats frequently used the phrase "No one is above the law" while applying legal pressure to President Trump. This was meant to emphasize that even a billionaire former president could face prosecution. When Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, was indicted by the Justice Department under his father's administration, Democrats hailed it as proof that no one is above th...

The religious strife in Europe contributed greatly to the founding of the United States of America. The Puritans that laid the foundations of what would become the United States by establishing the Plymouth colony were a sectarian religious group from England that believed the Church of England had not made a full cut from the Catholic Church, and that in many ways the two Churches were the same....

The folklore surrounding Thanksgiving has led many people to develop a skewed understanding of the origins of the United States. In elementary school, we are taught that the first settlers came from England on a ship called the Mayflower, and that they were Puritans who founded the first colony in New England. While it's true that a group of English Puritans did arrive on the Mayflower and establi...

When Matt Gaetz abruptly removed himself from consideration for President-elect Trump's Attorney General position, it was as surprising as his initial nomination. Despite facing accusations of sexual misconduct and the looming release of a potentially damning ethics report from the House of Representatives, Gaetz seemed unfazed. The same could be said for President-elect Trump, who appeared confid...

It is rare for President-elect Trump to admit to making mistakes. However, in a recent interview with Fox & Friends during the campaign, he acknowledged not one, but two mistakes from his first term. The first was his selection of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, and the second was replacing him with Bill Barr. Trump, reflecting on those decisions after four years, now says he understands just h...

As President Trump begins assembling his team for his return to the White House, he is already delivering on a promise to place Elon Musk in charge of improving government efficiency and tackling waste, fraud, and abuse. This new initiative will also involve Vivek Ramaswamy, and possibility Ron Paul. Musk believes he can cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, which currently stands at $6.5 trill...

After the Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat in the recent elections, Senator Bernie Sanders is once again calling out the party for abandoning working-class Americans. This criticism is nothing new for Sanders, who has long argued that the party is out of touch with the needs of ordinary people. His critiques echo the themes of the progressive populist movement he helped lead, which gain...

As pundits analyze the election results and conduct post-mortems on the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party, few are drawing the right conclusions. Many are still in shock—not just because Donald Trump won, but because of the way he won. Now that the blame game has begun, no one wants to take responsibility. However, the media bears a significant share of the blame. The bias and agenda-driven...

The political realignment unfolding in the United States is nothing short of astonishing. The Democratic Party, once the champion of the working class, has increasingly become the party of college-educated elites, big business, and the military establishment. It is also the party of smug, overpaid celebrities who, though they may come from the working-class, now seem disconnected from the realitie...

When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, it felt like a breath of fresh air for many Americans. We had just endured eight challenging years, starting with the contentious election that brought George W. Bush to power. Just nine months into his administration, a terrorist attack on U.S. soil claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans, briefly uniting the country—only for it to become divided...

The immigration crisis is one of the most pressing issues in the upcoming election for several reasons. Firstly, many migrants are poor and rely on government resources, which can strain the resources available to Americans and burden local municipalities. Additionally, crime is a significant concern. Recently revised FBI statistics indicate a 4.5 percent increase in violent crime in 2022, coincid...

Kamala Harris's plan to lower food prices has gained attention in the final days of the election, with numerous interviews and town hall events addressing the issue. She attributes the high cost of groceries to corporate price gouging and promises to take federal action to control food prices. However, Harris has not specified which corporations she believes are engaging in this practice. Many eco...

From the moment Donald Trump descended the escalator in Trump Tower to announce his candidacy for president as a Republican, a concerted effort to defame him in the media began. Since that moment, the country has been divided into two factions: those who believe the media's portrayal of Trump and those who do not. Over the past decade, many individuals have come to realize that the media was misle...

Kamala Harris recently gave an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, during which she was asked about her slogan, "turn the page." Baier reminded her that she is the current Vice President and that she and Biden have been in charge for the past three and a half years, questioning what exactly she intends to turn the page from. She responded, "First of all, turning the page from the last decade in w...

With less than 20 days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is bringing out her big guns in key swing states. The top two heavyweights in her arsenal are former Democratic Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. In recent events over the weekend, they have criticized past Republican administrations while emphasizing the successes of their own presidencies. Their message seems to suggest that return...

When Barack Obama first ran for president in 2008, the country was in crisis. We were engaged in multiple wars, and the economy was in recession. Obama made many promises during that campaign, all of which can be summed up in one word: "change." Change was at the heart of the movement he was leading, particularly in terms of economic reform. He drew a clear distinction between Wall Street and Main...

In March 2008, as investment banks began to collapse, Democrats were in the midst of selecting their new party leader. The primary featured two candidates: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, represented the past, while Obama emerged as a fresh newcomer advocating for "change." He criticized the Bill Clinton administration, blaming the banking fail...

The devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Helene is beyond words. Entire towns have been swept away, thousands of Americans have been displaced, and hundreds have lost their lives. The hardest-hit areas are in southern Appalachia, including Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee. Many residents remain without power, and washed-out roads have left them stranded without access to food, water, med...

A key element of Kamala Harris's economic plan is her proposed $25,000 tax credit for down payment assistance for first-time home buyers. In a recent interview on the "All the Smoke" podcast, she emphasized that the goal of the plan is to help these buyers get their foot in the door. Matt Barnes, a former NBA player and podcast host, remarked, "They'll grind after that," suggesting that once buyer...

Before the housing bubble burst in 2007, a few people recognized the signs and tried to warn the nation. Unfortunately, they were ridiculed as "Chicken Littles" by those reveling in the prosperity. The economy was booming, stock markets were hitting record highs, and it was largely coming from the housing market. Few wanted to believe that a bubble was about to pop, but Dean Baker was one of the n...

The Bible states that the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, and I’ve observed that those who are obsessed with money are capable of almost anything. In Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice," the character Shylock exemplifies this love for money; he profits by lending to desperate neighbors at exorbitant interest rates. This practice, known as usury, was condemned as a sin by th...