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In some areas, the snowstorm dumped several feet of snow in a matter of a couple of hours. This happened during the height of that year’s holiday travel season. The snowstorm knocked out power for more than 100,000 people, it paralyzed most emergency services, it effectively stopped travel in general, and when all was said and done, it left at least 47 people dead. Some of those people died as a r...

With Donald Trump now officially being the president-elect, the big question becomes: what will he actually do? While it might be impossible to map out what he’ll do over the course of four years—we actually have a good idea of what he’ll likely do starting on Day 1. And so, let’s review some of the recent statements made by Trump, in order to map out the 8 executive actions that he’ll likely take...

You probably didn’t know it, but in December 2023, the United States got a lot bigger. Specifically, the United States added about 1 million square kilometers to its territory. That’s approximately 386,000 square miles—roughly the size of two Californias. Now, you would think that something like this would have been front-page news. But it actually went largely unnoticed—probably because the area...

The 2024 election has officially been decided and President-elect Donald Trump will be the 47th president of the United States—becoming only the second president in U.S. history to serve 2 nonconsecutive terms. The victory that Trump scored on election night was sweeping. Join host Roman Balmakov on this week’s episode of “Facts Matter.” Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and g...

The Social Security program is quickly approaching the point of insolvency. According to a new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, within the next nine years—if nothing changes—the average retired couple will see their benefits reduced by $16,500. At the same time, inflation over the next nine years will likely make goods and services significantly more expensive. Join host...

The Social Security Administration just released a statement announcing five key changes that will be made to the Social Security program starting in 2025 regarding benefits, limits, and taxes. Join host Roman Balmakov on this week’s episode of “Facts Matter.” Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times. 🇺🇸Roman's Sp...

We are just less than three weeks out from the 2024 election. Meaning that in about three and a half weeks—or however long it takes to count the votes—we’re going to know who will lead the country for the next four years. Regardless of who wins, however, there is a massive structural problem in America that is essentially colorblind. It’s not red, it’s not blue—so it doesn’t matter who’s in office...

For a while now, there have been two competing trends in the United States. At the federal level, there has been more centralization, the introduction of more levels of bureaucracy, more attempts to chip away at the Second Amendment, and so on. At the same time, however, at the local level, many municipalities have been moving in the opposite direction, declaring themselves to be “constitutional c...

One of the odd things about the electoral college system is that it’s possible to produce an actual tie. Perhaps even odder than that, however, is that this year’s election is so tight (at least according to the polling data) that a tie is looking more possible by the day. So let’s go through the details of what a tie in the electoral college system would look like, what would happen afterward, an...

With less than two months to go until Election Day, there’s a threat worth discussing that cuts across party lines. Regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican is in charge, Americans face the real threat of a hostile foreign actor (Russia, Iran, North Korea, China, and so on) using what’s known as an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack to destroy our technological advantages. An EMP attack is o...

Earlier this year, Democratic lawmakers introduced a new piece of legislation to Congress that would make it illegal for Americans to form militias.🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 The bill was introduced to both the House and Senate, and it’s officially titled the “Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024.” Its stated purpose is to outlaw the formation of citizen mil...

In a monumental ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, local governments are now, once again, allowed to prosecute homeless people for sleeping on public property.  🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 This ruling officially closed a major loophole that led to large enclaves of homeless encampments in American cities. However, in order to explain what this ruling says, as well as what i...

In this week’s episode we dive into the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a doctrine known as Chevron deference. The ruling has far reaching implications on federal agencies’ power to interpret policy. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Join Roman on this week’s episode of Facts Matter. 🇺🇸Roman's Special Offer👉 https://ept.ms/RomanSpecialOffer ⭕️ Support our fight for th...

Fake, AI-generated people (that do not exist in the real world) are amassing huge social media followings, making millions of dollars in brand deals, appearing in TV commercials, starting their own product lines, getting jobs at TV stations, and even endorsing political candidates.  🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 The wild part, however, is that some people are actually taking t...

Tap water is one of those things that many of us take for granted. Typically, as long as you pay the bill, you turn the faucet, and the water flows. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Hackers in other countries that want to do harm to America see an opportunity. They see it as a perfect weapon—a weapon that can be used to kill, injure, or dehydrate a fairly large area.   And this i...

Right now there is a debt bomb at the center of the U.S. economy, with commercial real estate in this country in total free fall. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Visit any mainstream commercial building here in New York: On the ground floor you have restaurants, Starbucks, boutique bakeries, and so on, and it looks nice. But go up the elevator, and you’ll find floor, after floor...

In an unexpected development, companies are now developing something called bioplastic due to the skyrocketing amount of microplastics in both the environment, as well as within the human body itself. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 These are plastic alternatives made from living organisms that are sometimes specifically meant to be eaten, which then (at least in theory) biodegr...

Earlier this week, Louisiana's state Legislature passed a new bill that will approve surgical castration as a punishment option for those who are found guilty of sex crimes against children. This move by the Louisiana Legislature is part of a growing trend across the country of states looking to up the ante in terms of punishment for pedophiles—with some states going so far as to impose the death...

After the guilty verdict was handed down against him in the New York case, former President Donald Trump was handed some good news in two of his other cases: the ones in Florida and Georgia.  🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 And so, we put together an entire episode detailing these developments, what they mean for President Trump, as well as what they mean for the 2024 election....

Seemingly all of a sudden, we’re beginning to see outbreaks of diseases that we assumed were defeated decades ago. On a previous episode, we already discussed the rise in leprosy cases here in America—which is obviously very bad. However, what’s perhaps even worse (because it’s so much more contagious) is measles.  🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Measles is a highly contagious d...

It’s fair to say that, by now, most people around the world are pretty familiar with the narrative that “our planet is facing a dire crisis” due to rising temperatures. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Due to this narrative, businesses have been hit with massive amounts of red tape; young people are choosing not to have kids; people are gluing themselves to the sidewalks—all beca...

On Thursday evening, when the guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump was announced, the blowback was immediate, and it came in the form of tens of millions of dollars flowing into his campaign coffers—which is exactly why we put together an entire episode outlining the ramifications of the verdict, the huge windfall Trump’s campaign received, as well as the effort to strip President...

As the world's largest dam removal project is currently underway on the Klamath River, we went to Northern California to speak with a local firefighter and get an idea of what this "green policy" will do to the local wildfire situation. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 🇺🇸Roman's Special Offer👉 https://ept.ms/RomanSpecialOffer ⭕️ Support our fight for the truth👉 https://donorbo...

In a unanimous ruling delivered Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the NRA—and in so doing, delivered a major victory to the largest gun rights group in America. 🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 Actually though, the implications of this ruling go far beyond the Second Amendment, and instead, it protects all Americans’ First Amendment rights from being encroached u...

In a rare move within the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito issued a letter to Democrats in Congress Wednesday laying out why he’s not going to be recusing himself from the cases involving either Jan. 6 or the 2020 election.  🇺🇸 Epoch Times 25¢ Sale: https://ept.ms/RomanSale1 The reason he had to do so was because there was a multi-pronged media/government attack lobbied against him. In thi...