Ep. 102: Is America The Bad Guy? Exploring the Myth of American Exceptionalism

In this episode, Jacob Winograd digs into one of the most uncomfortable questions Christians and libertarians can ask: What if America isn’t the hero of the story? Tracing U.S. foreign policy from the Spanish-American War through 9/11 and into the present day, Jacob explores how the language of liberty, democracy, and even Christianity has been weaponized to justify empire. He unpacks how wars sold as moral crusades—from Iraq and Afghanistan to support for Israel and NATO expansion—have led to blowback, destabilization, and immense civilian suffering.
But this isn’t about hating America or denying its best ideals.

Jacob argues that we can still appreciate the beauty of the American experiment—its suspicion of power, its protections of free speech and conscience—while being honest about the sins committed in its name. For Christians, that means refusing to let patriotism become idolatry. Our first allegiance is to Christ’s kingdom, not the flag. True patriotism tells the truth, seeks repentance where needed, and distinguishes what reflects Christ from what reflects Caesar.

https://youtu.be/7dOiIu9JCnk

When Bad Men Stand Up, Good Men Can't Sit Down - 7/13/25 By Pastor Baldwin
https://youtu.be/yte_UdlM128

A great piece from Carey Wedler on some of the stories you may have missed the last week.

https://pleasuretoburn.substack.com/p/5-stories-you-probably-missed-during

The 9/11 Timeline - #SolutionsWatch

The 9/11 Timeline is back! As dedicated researchers will know, the Complete 9/11 Timeline was an invaluable repository of 9/11-related information that became inaccessible several years ago. But now it’s back, thanks to the International Center for 9/11 Justice. Joining us today is IC911 Executive Director Ted Walter to talk about the 9/11 timeline, demonstrate how to use it, and inform people how they can support 9/11 truth by spreading the word about this important research tool.

SHOW NOTES:

Complete 9/11 Timeline
https://ic911.org/complete-911-timeline/

The indispensable Complete 9/11 Timeline is back — spread the word!
https://ic911.org/complete-911-timeline/

International Center for 9/11 Justice
https://ic911.org/

Ted Walter on The Corbett Report
https://corbettreport.com/?s=ted+walter&et_pb_searchform_submit=et_search_proccess&et_pb_include_posts=yes&et_pb_include_pages=yes

https://corbettreport.com/the-9-11-timeline-solutionswatch/

“Never Forget”

The other day, President Trump urged us all to NEVER FORGET – his all caps – what happened to Jewish people (and other people, who are completely forgotten) during the national socialist era in Germany pushing 100 years ago now. This is interesting given that Trump wants us to forget some other, more recent things.

Specifically, that he was the one who declared and then never rescinded the “emergency” that kept the contrived mass-panic event everyone was expected to refer to as “the pandemic” (very much of a piece with the way everyone was expected to refer to the events of September 11, 2001 as “911,” implying an emergency) going for years. Long enough to assure that his “beautiful vaccines” were “warp speeded” into the arms of millions, whose lives were not “saved” by them.

https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/05/08/never-forget-2/

History: Adolph Hitler was Financed by Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England
https://www.globalresearch.ca/history-of-world-war-ii-nazi-germany-was-financed-by-the-federal-reserve-and-the-bank-of-england/5530318

War and Democide

A collaborative project initiated by Libre Solutions Network based on words by Spartacus

Words and Voice: Spartacus
https://iceni.substack.com

https://peertube.libresolutions.network/w/92rS5X3nfkHyZdknuodz6n

https://visceraladventure.substack.com/p/war-and-democide

The Dark Forces in Control of the Anglo-American-Zionist Empire Are the Source of the World Crisis.

Today’s spreading world crisis dates in its current phase from over 500 years ago, when the small island nation of England, having renounced Catholicism over King Henry VIII’s marital woes, embarked under his daughter Elizabeth I on an occult project of world conquest.[i]

This goal was to be accomplished through worldwide mercantile colonization, including heavy involvement in the international slave and drug trades, and war against a succession of leading European continental powers: Spain, France, Holland, Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottomans, and Russia. The rival that could not be immediately suppressed was the U.S., which declared independence in 1776. So recapture of the U.S. also became a priority.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/anglo-american-zionist-empire-source-world-crisis/5877240

The puppets & architects of the false left/right binary want you to forget about Epstein and the rest of their crimes, and keep on voting.

Trump wants you to focus on the Democrats as a scapegoat rather than recognizing that both sides work together to enslave humanity.

The passing of the GENIUS Act is not good, for crypto or anyone but the bankers and technocrats.

Trump's embrace of stable coins should have been obvious with Howard Lutnick in his cabinet. Lutnick has ties to Tether, was Epstein's neighbor, a donor to Hillary Clinton, and an investor to Rumble.

I reported all these facts last year after attending BTC Nashville and witnessing it firsthand.

https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/btc-trump-rumble/

Join: @davidavocadowolfe 🥑

CBDC by another name. And stablecoins are global so they will help maintain dollar dominance. And as a bonus every time the war machine 'brings democracy' to brown people and crashes their currency, more will go to stablecoins. Its seriously one of the most devilishly brilliant plans the money changers ever came up with

At this point, Monero is the only truthworthy option