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If history is “his story,” who holds the pen?

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Power doesn’t just govern—it edits memory. We open with a jarring headline out of Iowa and follow the thread into D.C., where James Comey’s indictment reignites raw arguments about lawfare, double standards, and who gets to write the first draft of history. Along the way, we pull apart the media machine—how small distortions pave the way for big narratives—and ask what happens when trust evaporates, not only in newsrooms but in agencies and courts meant to be impartial.
We dive into the claim that “the process is the punishment,” balancing it against years of raids, subpoenas, and reputational warfare that reshaped politics and people’s lives. The January 6 debate returns with new attention on plainclothes deployments—were they crowd control or something else?—and why full transparency is a prerequisite to any shared reality. If hundreds of agents were on the ground, the public deserves to see directives, deployment logs, and the unredacted timeline. Sunlight shouldn’t be controversial.
Threaded through it all is a hard look at power in practice: a faster, more ruthless approach to personnel and prosecutions, and the line where resolve becomes overreach. We consider how alternative platforms like Rumble are changing the information landscape, why audiences are rejecting legacy gatekeepers, and how that shift complicates consensus while preserving dissent. The throughline is simple: demand receipts. If institutions want trust, they have to show their work—on Comey, on J6, on every story framed as settled before the facts see daylight.
Stick around to the end for a preview of our private segment on cannabis and the endocannabinoid system’s health potential, talk of capital gains changes that could unlock entrepreneurship, and a candid take on AI’s rush to automate cognitive work. Subscribe, share with a friend who cares about evidence over spin, and leave a review telling us the one document, clip, or fact you want released next. Your move helps decide who holds the pen tomorrow.

Support the show

https://1776live.us

www.PeasantsPerspective.com

www.LeftBehindandWithout.org

www.DollarsVoteLouder.com

buymeacoffee.com/peasant

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Peasants’ Perspective Cold Open (00:00:00)

2. Host Updates & New Studio (00:00:55)

3. Seattle Rain, Personal Asides (00:01:35)

4. ICE Arrests Des Moines Superintendent (00:01:56)

5. Media Spin and Systemic Rot (00:04:21)

6. Ty Cobb, Trump, and Rewriting History (00:05:35)

7. Rumble Premium Ad Read (00:09:05)

8. Trust, Narratives, and Authority (00:10:36)

9. Comey Indictment Takes Center Stage (00:12:40)

10. Authoritarianism Warnings vs. Efficiency Claims (00:15:20)

11. Media Mistrust and Hyperbole (00:18:10)

12. Elon, Legacy Media, and Spin (00:21:30)

13. Russiagate, Conspiracy, and Accountability (00:24:30)

14. Brennan, Cohen, and Legal Exposure (00:28:30)

15. Comey Case Strength Debates (00:31:05)

16. Crypto Sponsorship Interlude (00:34:45)

17. Process as Punishment Discourse (00:35:55)

18. J6 Agents, Narrative Control (00:38:10)

19. Transparency, Committees, and Epstein Files (00:41:20)

20. Platform Push and Audience Growth (00:44:08)

21. Weaponization, Double Standards, Lawfare (00:46:10)

22. Who Writes History, Who Pays Costs (00:50:36)

23. Vance on What Comes Next (00:54:20)

24. Tease: Cannabis, Taxes, AI in Private (00:56:30)

199 episodes

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Power doesn’t just govern—it edits memory. We open with a jarring headline out of Iowa and follow the thread into D.C., where James Comey’s indictment reignites raw arguments about lawfare, double standards, and who gets to write the first draft of history. Along the way, we pull apart the media machine—how small distortions pave the way for big narratives—and ask what happens when trust evaporates, not only in newsrooms but in agencies and courts meant to be impartial.
We dive into the claim that “the process is the punishment,” balancing it against years of raids, subpoenas, and reputational warfare that reshaped politics and people’s lives. The January 6 debate returns with new attention on plainclothes deployments—were they crowd control or something else?—and why full transparency is a prerequisite to any shared reality. If hundreds of agents were on the ground, the public deserves to see directives, deployment logs, and the unredacted timeline. Sunlight shouldn’t be controversial.
Threaded through it all is a hard look at power in practice: a faster, more ruthless approach to personnel and prosecutions, and the line where resolve becomes overreach. We consider how alternative platforms like Rumble are changing the information landscape, why audiences are rejecting legacy gatekeepers, and how that shift complicates consensus while preserving dissent. The throughline is simple: demand receipts. If institutions want trust, they have to show their work—on Comey, on J6, on every story framed as settled before the facts see daylight.
Stick around to the end for a preview of our private segment on cannabis and the endocannabinoid system’s health potential, talk of capital gains changes that could unlock entrepreneurship, and a candid take on AI’s rush to automate cognitive work. Subscribe, share with a friend who cares about evidence over spin, and leave a review telling us the one document, clip, or fact you want released next. Your move helps decide who holds the pen tomorrow.

Support the show

https://1776live.us

www.PeasantsPerspective.com

www.LeftBehindandWithout.org

www.DollarsVoteLouder.com

buymeacoffee.com/peasant

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Peasants’ Perspective Cold Open (00:00:00)

2. Host Updates & New Studio (00:00:55)

3. Seattle Rain, Personal Asides (00:01:35)

4. ICE Arrests Des Moines Superintendent (00:01:56)

5. Media Spin and Systemic Rot (00:04:21)

6. Ty Cobb, Trump, and Rewriting History (00:05:35)

7. Rumble Premium Ad Read (00:09:05)

8. Trust, Narratives, and Authority (00:10:36)

9. Comey Indictment Takes Center Stage (00:12:40)

10. Authoritarianism Warnings vs. Efficiency Claims (00:15:20)

11. Media Mistrust and Hyperbole (00:18:10)

12. Elon, Legacy Media, and Spin (00:21:30)

13. Russiagate, Conspiracy, and Accountability (00:24:30)

14. Brennan, Cohen, and Legal Exposure (00:28:30)

15. Comey Case Strength Debates (00:31:05)

16. Crypto Sponsorship Interlude (00:34:45)

17. Process as Punishment Discourse (00:35:55)

18. J6 Agents, Narrative Control (00:38:10)

19. Transparency, Committees, and Epstein Files (00:41:20)

20. Platform Push and Audience Growth (00:44:08)

21. Weaponization, Double Standards, Lawfare (00:46:10)

22. Who Writes History, Who Pays Costs (00:50:36)

23. Vance on What Comes Next (00:54:20)

24. Tease: Cannabis, Taxes, AI in Private (00:56:30)

199 episodes

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