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Scot Bertram welcomes Mark L. Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, to discuss the ongoing persecution of pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai. Clifford explains why Lai’s case is a global human-rights issue and a warning about the Chinese Communist Party’s reach. The conversation highlights what’s at stake for freedom, press rights, and the rule of law.

Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/OQ39PtHerlg Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, the former Finance Minister of Greece, and the author of numerous bestselling books. Yanis Varoufakis discusses why the Trump administration has thrown away the liberal democratic veil of Western imperialism and returned to a more honest form of empire. Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the channel: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Diesen79 Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f

Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/ORyCS0r2Tpg Prof. Xueqin Jiang argues that both historical patterns and game theory can be used to accurately predict future events. Prof. Jiang outlines his predictions for 2026: Great power rivalry, economic competition and collapse, civil war etc. Prof. Jiang is the host of the popular educational channel Predictive History: https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL

Protests against ICE continue, but what’s really going on? While Governor Tim Walz calls to turn down the temperature, Mayor Jacob Frey continues to escalate the situation. What are the next moves? Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney visited China because why not? Plus, here’s some more international news and politics to which you might want to be privy. Link to today’s sources: https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/sources-january-16-2026 Foundation Daily is made up of premium ingredients to reduce inflammation and stress and promote clean energy and mental clarity. Subscribe now and receive 40% off for life. https://foundationdaily.com/ Join MugClub to watch this show every day! http://louderwithcrowder.com/mugclub NEW MERCH! https://crowdershop.com/ Subscribe to my podcast: https://feeds.libsyn.com/576250/rss FOLLOW ME: Website: https://louderwithcrowder.com X: https://x.com/scrowder Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/louderwithcrowder Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevencrowderofficial Music by @Pogo

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shares a DM clip of Marco Rubio explaining to Meet the Press' Kristen Welker the real reason Trump ordered the capture of Nicolás Maduro and why it has nothing to do with Venezuela's oil. WATCH Dave Rubin's FULL DIRECT MESSAGE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apg8CjPocYI&list=PLEbhOtC9klbDG22n--rCDbv02-n8l6agL Check out the NEW RUBIN REPORT MERCH here: https://daverubin.store/ --------- #RubinReport #marcorubio #nicolasmaduro #venezuelaoil #kristenwelker #nbc #daverubin The Direct Message directly addresses political news, cultural news and current events of the day. It’s only by having rational conversations about these topics that we can help end political polarization. To hear what Dave has to say on these and a variety of other topics watch this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbhOtC9klbDG22n--rCDbv02-n8l6agL To make sure you never miss a single Rubin Report video, click here to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdKr0Bgd_5saZYqLCa9mng?sub_confirmation=1 Looking for honest conversations about current events, political news and the culture war? If so, then you’re in the right place because on “The Rubin Report” Dave Rubin engages the ideas of society's most interesting thought leaders, authors, entertainers and politicians. Dave lets his guests speak their minds and his audience to think for themselves. The Rubin Report is fan funded through monthly and one-time donations: https://rubinreport.com/support ****** Buy Copal tequila here: https://drinkcopal.com/ Stay up to date on our Instagram: @drinkcopal Check out Dave's new "Actual Friends" Podcast with Russell Brand, Jillian Michaels, and Sage Steele here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCwIAJkILjM21QKaqg6LZ6cA Join Dave's Locals community: https://rubinreport.locals.com/ Order “Don't Burn This Country” the follow up to Dave Rubin’s New York Times bestselling “Don’t Burn This Book” here: https://daverubin.com/book/ Dave Rubin's book, "Don't Burn This Book" is available at: www.dontburnthisbook.com LISTEN to The Rubin Report podcast: www.rubinreport.com/podcast Subscribe to Dave’s BRAND NEW Newsletter: https://www.daverubin.com/newsletter Official Rubin Report Merchandise: https://rubinreport.myshopify.com/ All art on the set are original works by Caylin Rose Janet. Get a print here: https://www.caylinrosejanet.com/rubinreportart.html ****** Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RubinReport Follow The Rubin Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rubinreport Follow Dave on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daverubin Follow Dave on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubinreport/?hl=en About Dave Rubin: http://daverubin.com

Aired On: 12/30/2025

Prof. Wang Wen discusses China's De-Americanization Strategy, which assumes that US-China relations will improve with some distance between them. Prof. Wang Wen is the Dean & Professor of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY). He is also the Deputy Dean of Silk Road School, Distinguished Professor, Executive Director of China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center at Renmin University of China. He works as the Secretary-General of the Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking, a Research Fellow of the Financial Research Center of the Counsellor Office of the China’s State Council, and also serves as a visiting professor at more than 10 universities around the world. Read his article: https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/chinas-de-americanization-strategy/ Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_Diesen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GDiesen1 Support the research: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesen Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdieseng Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012f Books by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL

Collective West TRASHES international rules based order The Duran: Episode 2419

🔴 WATCH THE FULL EPISODE: https://ept.ms/4pFavsd During the Reagan administration, DIA intelligence officer Michael Sekora warned key figures in government and industry that China was soon going to match America in aerospace: “They laughed their a** off. They said, ‘You're telling me a country that doesn't have indoor plumbing in 90% of the homes is going to eat our lunch in the marketplace?’” Sekora insisted that China would do exactly that.

Aired On: 12/18/2025