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The Eighties decade was a transformative decade for the United States, but in 1980 when the decade started all of the problems the nation faced at the close of the Seventies were still pervasive. These were the problems the Reagan administration sought to overcome when they came to power in 1981. Domestically, most of those problems were economic issues, and Reagan was bringing a bold and aggressive plan to deal with it. His plan was to lower the marginal tax rates, deregulation, and to decrease government spending, excluding the military which would see a massive increase in spending under Reagan. This created an explosion of new wealth for investors and top earners, but it did little to stimulate upward mobility for Americans at the bottom of the socioeconomic scale. This economic philosophy was often referred to as Trickle-down economics, but in hindsight many question if the policy actually did more to increase wealth inequality and poverty in the United States. Looking back now, what were the longterm effects of Reaganomics, and how did it set the nation on a new course in our values? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #67.

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When Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election it was called the Reagan Revolution, but it wasn't a revolution only because he defeated Jimmy Carter. The platform that Reagan ran on was also revolutionary for the Republican Party. Before Reagan won the Republican nomination for president that year the party had been dominated by a northeastern elite known as Rockefeller Republicans. This business and banking elite controlled the Republican Party since the Eisenhower administration and they were a powerful force in American politics. It was believed they were defeated for good in 1964 when Arizona Senator, Barry Goldwater won the Republican nomination on new conservative platform. However, in 1968 Richard Nixon, a Rockefeller Republican won the nomination and the presidency. When Nixon resigned in 1974 and was replaced by Gerald Ford, a Rockefeller Republican, Ford made Nelson Rockefeller his Vice President. In 1976 California Governor Ronald Reagan, challenged Ford for the nomination running on a similar conservative platform as Barry Goldwater. Reagan was narrowly defeated at the convention, but ran again in 1980 and easily won the nomination and the presidency. Many people believed that Reagan's win dealt the deathblow to Rockefeller Republicans, but is that true? What happened to the Rockefeller Republicans after the Reagan Revolution? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #66.

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The Civil Rights movement in the 50's and 60's was rooted in the Black Christian Church. Before Twitter and Facebook organizers would mobilize activist in Churches for demonstrations, protests, and to strategize. This meant the principles of the movement were rooted in Christian values, which meant a commitment to dignity, character, equality for all, and nonviolence. These values are in stark contrast to the values of the Black Lives Matter movement currently inflaming the world. That's because it's based on a totally different ideology than the Christian values that won Black America so many achievements in the 50's and 60's. The BLM movement is fueled by many different ideologies, and the founders have admitted that a foundational ideology is Marxism. However, there is an even more prevalent ideology in the Black community that is fueling the current unrest, and it is an equally troubling philosophy as Marxism -- perhaps more! What is this dangerous philosophy and how did it find a home in the Black community, and how is it manifesting itself in the Black Lives Matter movement? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #65.

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On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous, "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. It had been about a decade since the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, and Black America had come a long way in ending segregation, Jim Crow, and disenfranchisement at the polls. In the years ahead MLK would see the passage of a Civil Rights Act, including Fair Housing, and a Voting Rights Act. It was a very promising decade for Black America. It was like after centuries of being held down and held back the shackles were finally off, and Black America would be able to compete for the American dream. However, after all of that success, in an interview in 1967 King admitted he was less hopeful about the future of Black America than he had been on that day in August of 1963. He said his dream had become a nightmare, and events of recent years had forced him to reevaluate his optimism and take a different look at the world around him. Eleven months later he would be killed by an assassin's bullet. What were the events that made King less hopeful, and what was the sobering reality that forced him reevaluate his optimism? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #64.

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America has had many different political parties in its 232 year history. We had the Know Nothing Party, the Socialist Party, the Green Party, and many others. One lesser known party from the 1830’s was the Anti-Masonic Party. It was a precursor of the Republican Party, and as their name suggests they were dedicated to rooting out the influence of Free Masonry in government. They believed the secrecy of the Masonic Order was dangerous and that through the influence of Free Masons in high positions the society was too powerful. Republican congressmen, Thaddeus Stevens, was the leading voice for the abolition of slavery during the Civil War. He had also been a former member of the Anti-Masonic party. He said about Free Masons in government in the mid-19th century, that they had "contrived by concert" to place themselves into most of the positions of high profit and power. The Anti-Masonic Party may not be around today, but the threat they feared of secret societies such as Free Masonry controlling the government may be alive and thriving. Is there any evidence that a secret society is controlling public policy in America? If so, what does it mean for you and your family? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #63.

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There is an evil empire on planet earth that seeks to enslave every man, woman, and child on this planet, and usher in a ‘New Order of the Ages’. In the words of the late President John F. Kennedy, this evil empire is “monolithic and ruthless”, and “relies primarily on covert means for expanding it’s sphere of influence —  on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.” He said, “Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised.” The force behind this evil empire is an age old religion and dark spiritual concepts of the mysteries, one of which is the idea that order comes from chaos. How is this evil empire using the current chaos in our nation and world to usher in the new world order it is seeking, and how are the mobs in the streets aiding this evil empire in its efforts? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #62.

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​​In the 1964 presidential election Democrat, Lyndon Baines Johnson received 94 percent of the African American vote in his landslide rout of Barry Goldwater. It was the highest percentage of Black vote that any presidential candidate had ever received at that time. Democrats had been receiving a plurality of the Black vote since 1932, when FDR received 71 percent in his defeat of Herbert Hoover. He did about the same in his following two reelections, and Harry Truman received 77 percent in 1948. Johnson would hold that record until 2008, when Obama received a whopping 96 percent of the Black vote. Since Obama broke Johnson’s record Black support for Democrats has been in decline. Obama received 92 percent in his reelection, and Clinton received 90 percent in her 2016 defeat. Many Black voters are demanding much more in exchange for their vote in 2020. To these demands Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democrat nominee, says Black voters having trouble deciding between him and his Republican opponent “ain’t Black”! Why are Biden's comments so offensive to Black voters, and will his comments help or hurt him with Black turnout in November? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #61.

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The word “whataboutism” was created to gaslight Trump supporters who answer criticisms of Trump by saying “what about Obama?” However, now that Joe Biden is being accused of sexual assault the same people say “what about Trump?” The narrative goes like this, President Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct or sexual assault by over 20 women and he is still president, so why would it matter that Joe Biden has been accused by only one woman? It’s not that they don’t believe Tara Reade, who has accused Joe Biden of forcibly penetrating her with his fingers when she worked in Biden’s senate office in 1993, they just don’t care. Many prominent Democrat law makers and surrogates have openly stated that they believe Reide, but plan on voting for Biden regardless. These same people said a 36 year old sexual assault accusation against Bret Kavanaugh made him ineligible to sit on the Sepreme Court. Others have stated they don’t believe Reade, despite saying all women must always be believed during the Kavanaugh conformation. These people are hypocrites! How has this hypocrisy damaged the credibility of the Democrat Party when it comes to protecting survivors of sexual abuse? Join the conversation and get answers to this question and more on According2Sam episode #60.

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There are two competing theories on how to win the fight against the novel coronavirus right now, but most Americans only know about one of them. Prominent doctors and specialist from prestigious institutions around the world are on both sides of this debate. However, in the United States there isn’t much of a debate, because only one of these theories is being considered. The orthodox theory is ‘flattening the curve’, which means mandatory quarantines for the entire population, shutting down businesses and schools, and social distancing. The other theory is being called, ‘herd immunity’. Herd immunity is basically a less restrictive approach to socialization in an effort to build a natural immunity to the virus for the entire population. Herd immunity is not only heresy, the doctors promoting this theory and their followers are being considered heretics. How is the censorship of doctors and the suppression of the free flow of ideas impeding progress in the fight against Covid-19, and how is it causing confusion among the population? Is there any justification for suspicion about hidden agendas of those restricting open debate? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #59.

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When Covid-19 started to spread beyond the boarders of China, and into over 150 nations around the world, many different strategies were employed to fight it. The novel virus had never been seen before and there was no textbook or set criteria for battling it. This lead to a verity of different tactics by nations hit hard in the early spread. Some of the measures were unconventional and risky, and were actions taken out of pure desperation in an effort to save lives. The success of these desperate measures taken by nations affected in the early spread was not only going to be important in saving lives in those nations, but they would also provide examples for nations affected later by the spread. For example, South Korea's repurposing an old Malaria drug to treat the virus was very successful. As the virus began to spread around the world they shared their success using hydroxychloroquine with the world, and many doctors began to replicate their treatment. It was very promising, until the President of United States praised the drug as a possible "game changer". He was excoriated by the media and accused of peddling false hope. He was also accused of having a financial stake in the promotion of the drug. How did the media politicize hydroxychloroquine and what is the real story about the effectiveness of this drug in battling Covid-19? Join the conversation and get answers to these questions and more on According2Sam episode #58.

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