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The last twenty years of technological development has given us an internet that is more centrally controlled, devices that gather more information about us, and a system that is generally more monolithic and restrictive. Mark37.com is a company that sells de-Googled phones, pre-Linuxed laptops, and helps you regain some control over your information. Today we talk to Sean Patrick Tario about what you should and shouldn't do in the pursuit of privacy and freedom.
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Since so many of our T.REX folks are military veterans and first responders, we're always eager to find out more about groups than can assist these individuals with their very specific struggles. In this episode, Jeremy Stalnecker, Executive Director of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, talks about his transition from Marine Infantry Officer to civilian life, and what his organization does to help others.
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Paul Brown of the Wasson Watch company used to be a signals intelligence specialist with the NSA. He joins us to talk about large scale SIGINT, OPSEC, COMSEC, and the future of an AI-powered trustless internet. He also makes automatic field watches which you can preorder from Wassonwatch.com
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Six years ago, T.REX ARMS managed to get a state ammunition tax repealed. Ever since, we've had a lobbyist working on 2A legislation every year. However, a small group of Tennesseans have taken the lessons learned from that first ammo tax fight and spun up a separate lobbying effort that had a surprising level of success. This is their story.
https://www.tnfreedominitiative.com/
https://tnfi.substack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enTHRDq9r8
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Crafting your own weapons is a great American tradition. The learning curve has always been steep, but with modern software and hardware, it has gotten a lot easier. All kinds of new designs and manufacturing technologies are still waiting to be unlocked, even for the humble firearm. In today's conversation, Mr. Snow Makes walks us through some of the different developments in this space.
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With a new President, new Attorney General, new Acting Director of the ATF... what happens next? What is GOA doing to take advantage of opportunities to defend our liberties and reclaim some lost rights? And what are the things that you can be doing to help?
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A little-known part of Henry Chan's backstory is that he grew up in colonial Hong Kong, an area almost devoid of privately-owned firearms. How did he go from anti-gun to owning five times more guns that the average Texan? And what is the effect of growing up in a culture where gun ownership is literally unthinkable?
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In the midst of all the latest news with Anduril and IVAS, let's check in on other Augmented Reality companies. Today we talk to Gage Galinger of Overmatch, a software/hardware team that has built an amazing training tool that allows for complicated team combat drills in any structure.
Overmatch.com
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Last week, the New York Times published a fascinating article "How YouTube is Changing American Gun Culture." Even more fascinatingly, it ended up on the front page. Today, Isaac talks to the reporter who researched and wrote the story.
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In the first two weeks, the new administration has taken a perfectly normal course of action, such as new appointments, new executive orders, and executed it very quickly. However, they have combined this expected action with an unprecedented level of cost-cutting. Billions of dollars of grants, contracts, programs, and other spending have already been canceled, leaving entrenched bureaucrats scrambling to find an effective response.
https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/
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Our long-running series of long explorations into past ATF activities finally makes it to current day! And what may surprise you are the ways that bad laws, bad assumptions, and deep ignorance continue to cause tension and resentment... in and out of the Bureau. We also finally address the question of what happens to good ATF agents trying to do their duty.
https://davekopel.org/Waco/LawRev/warrant.htm
https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Wacos-Enforcement-wellesley-ebook/dp/B002KQ60WY
https://www.amazon.com/Firearm-Anatomy-Book-STEN-Submachine/dp/1495975800
https://www.sb-tactical.com/about-us/company/https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/09/08/i-smell-cash-how-the-atf-spent-millions-of-dollars-unchecked/
https://nypost.com/2013/09/25/smoking-gun-atf-agents-busted-in-cigarette-sting/
https://www.amazon.com/Government-Here-Kill-You-Negligence/dp/1510722262
https://web.archive.org/web/20220524032117/https://www.cleanupatf.org/
https://katv.com/news/local/sen-tom-cotton-says-atf-agents-werent-wearing-body-cameras-during-raid-at-malinowski-home
https://www.thetrace.org/2024/10/atf-gun-dealer-licenses-revoked-biden/ -
After the horror of Ruby Ridge and the brutality of Waco, you might expect the newly elected Clinton Administration to blame their predecessors and walk back some of the abuses of the ATF. Instead, they launched an comprehensive coverup campaign, commended the Waco commanders, and rammed through a new Assault Weapons Ban. How did they get away with it?
Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Wacos-Enforcement-wellesley/dp/1573921254
https://www.amazon.com/This-Not-Assault-Penetrating-Regarding/dp/0738863424
https://www.amazon.com/Government-Here-Kill-You-Negligence/dp/1510722262
https://www.c-span.org/program/house-committee/waco-investigation-day-10-part-1/95925
https://crimeresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Roth-Koper-Assault-Weapons-Ban-1997.pdf -
Our last video made the case that the ATF, while built to crack down on criminals, was actually set on a collision course with regular Americans. In this video, we document 50 years of its trajectory from Prohibition to the deadly sieges at Ruby Ridge and Waco.
Sources:
https://historyheist.com/glossary/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives/)
https://guncite.com/journals/senrpt/senrpt.html
https://famous-trials.com/rubyridge/1151-fbirevisedrules
https://sandpointreader.com/stand-off-ruby-ridge-25-years-later-2/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-01448R000402060001-6.pdf
https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Wacos-Enforcement-wellesley/dp/1573921254
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Drones are hot right now, and David Han Jr. joins us to describe his business startup, which designs and builds robust drone platforms for the American citizenry. Our conversation covers not just UAV technology and uses, but also the manufacturing and design mindsets needed to develop for a more resilient Citizen Defense Industry.
https://www.k9defense.tech/https://x.com/K9DefenseTech
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This is a video on the T-Rex lab channel, but due to the number of requests, we're also posting it here for easier listening.
The actions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives don't get as much attention as they should, but most people are generally aware of their recent history. However, to get a better understanding of how they developed as an enforcement agency, we have to go back to their first assignment. This will be a multi-part examination of where the ATF came from, and where they should go.
Sources:https://www.amazon.com/Last-Call-Rise-Fall-Prohibition/dp/074327704X
https://www.amazon.com/History-American-People-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060930349/
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Times-Revised-Twenties-Perennial/dp/0060935502
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=DFwWAAAAIAAJ&pg=GBS.PP6&hl=en
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Isaac sits down with our COO Bryan to talk about Christmas, and Bryan brings an interesting topic to the table. Merry Christmas from all of us at T.REX to you and your families!
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We've been talking a lot about American manufacturing tools and technologies over on the T.REX LABS channel, but there's a lot more to it than just the hardware. How do you get a new generation of folks involved in making stuff? How do you inspire them to pursue this as a discipline and a career. Today we've got an international guest giving us his perspective on our manufacturing strengths and weaknesses.
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Creativity in film, television, and other fictional media seems to be at a pretty low ebb in the 21st century. Isaac and Ryan talk about their experiences in the film industry, and why some of the trends are not mere laziness but hostile ideologies at work. In some ways this is more dramatically visible and consequential in the video game space.
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As the year is wrapping up, we have a lot to be grateful for. Whatever your circumstances, whenever your situation, you have things to be grateful for, even if that gratitude is hard work. Here's a short podcast episode about only a few of the things we are thankful for this year.
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New Zealand has been in the news last week, as protests against equal rights produced many viral video clips. To discuss this, we called on Will Spencer, who has traveled the world, spending four years on the road and some of the world's most remote cultures and communities, in search of religious truth. Today, we talk talk not only about Maori culture, but other nations, religions, the death of the manosphere, and podcasting itself.
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