The Roots of the Deep State

In this episode, Eric and Jacob discuss the Global Citizen's Vax Live, which kicked off the post-lockdown era of live concerts, and Virginia's Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin.

For the main topic, they dig into the roots of the national security "Deep State" and the ideology behind its goons that Americans are forced to fund with their tax dollars, beginning with the Truman Doctrine.

00:00 Intro

02:00 Post-lockdown live concerts open with a pro-globalization salvo of has-beens

10:58 Virginia Republican Party picks the ultimate DC Beltway "outsider" as its gubernatorial candidate

Main Topic

34:23 The CIA's new humans

49:58 Freedom House: Woke Imperialism

01:03:34 Sec of State Anthony Blinken's understanding of his department's role

01:06:36 Roots of the Deep State's monolithic view on America's role in the world

Sources

- Statement by the Carlyle Group, led by then-CEO Glenn Youngkin, in support of BLM and the SPLC: https://www.carlyle.com/media-room/news-release-archive/week-carlyle-co-ceos-kewsong-lee-and-glenn-youngkin-shared

- "Woke Capital? GOP Candidate, Ex-CEO Once Urged Employees to Donate to SPLC" by Emily Jashinsky https://thefederalist.com/2021/03/25/woke-capital-gop-candidate-ex-ceo-once-urged-employees-to-donate-to-the-splc/

- CIA Woke Video #1 (Latina mom): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X55JPbAMc9g 

- CIA Woke Video #2 (Gay guy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7_PGYgmcPo

- "Freedom House, Woke Imperialists" by Richard Hanania https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/freedom-house-woke-imperialists

- "How Harry Truman Sold the Truman Doctrine and Changed American Foreign Policy" by Jacob Grandstaff https://historyhowithappened.com/selling-the-truman-doctrine-how-the-truman-administration-changed-american-foreign-policy/