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Activism, Uncensored: Minneapolis in Crisis, Part 2 • The escalating protests and interactions between federal agents and protesters. Plus, a conversation with Ford Fischer of News2Share.
Activism, Uncensored: Minneapolis in Crisis, Part 2
The escalating protests and interactions between federal agents and protesters. Plus, a conversation with Ford Fischer of News2Share.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Activism, Uncensored: Minneapolis in Crisis, Part 2 • The escalating protests and interactions between federal agents and protesters. Plus, a conversation with Ford Fischer of News2Share.
ATW Livestream Rescheduled for Tuesday
ATW Livestream Rescheduled for Tuesday
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January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
ATW Livestream Rescheduled for Tuesday
Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Leader We Need • Martin Luther King, Jr. stressed our common humanity, which would have made him unpopular with almost everyone today.
Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Leader We Need
Martin Luther King, Jr. stressed our common humanity, which would have made him unpopular with almost everyone today.
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January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Leader We Need • Martin Luther King, Jr. stressed our common humanity, which would have made him unpopular with almost everyone today.
The Weaponization of the Weaponization of Government • Donald Trump's push to investigate left-leaning groups in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination has quietly run into a wall of conservative opposition
The Weaponization of the Weaponization of Government
Donald Trump's push to investigate left-leaning groups in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination has quietly run into a wall of conservative opposition
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January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The Weaponization of the Weaponization of Government • Donald Trump's push to investigate left-leaning groups in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination has quietly run into a wall of conservative opposition
America This Week, Jan 16, 2026: "The Supremes on Late Voting, Trump Speech Follies, and Uncool Laughing About Greenland" • A misreported legal controversy, a search of a journalist, and Walter and Matt wonder: is Greenland funny? Plus, "A Scanner Darkly" darkens.
America This Week, Jan 16, 2026: "The Supremes on Late Voting, Trump Speech Follies, and Uncool Laughing About Greenland"
A misreported legal controversy, a search of a journalist, and Walter and Matt wonder: is Greenland funny? Plus, "A Scanner Darkly" darkens.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
America This Week, Jan 16, 2026: "The Supremes on Late Voting, Trump Speech Follies, and Uncool Laughing About Greenland" • A misreported legal controversy, a search of a journalist, and Walter and Matt wonder: is Greenland funny? Plus, "A Scanner Darkly" darkens.
Why Not to Mourn NATO, Volume II: The Bush-Putin Files • Newly declassified documents show that the United States repeatedly traded stability for NATO expansion and NATO contracting
Why Not to Mourn NATO, Volume II: The Bush-Putin Files
Newly declassified documents show that the United States repeatedly traded stability for NATO expansion and NATO contracting
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January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Why Not to Mourn NATO, Volume II: The Bush-Putin Files • Newly declassified documents show that the United States repeatedly traded stability for NATO expansion and NATO contracting
If NATO Dies, Do We Really Have to Mourn? • Donald Trump's Greenland-gobbling may mean the end of the Atlanticist dream, which should have ended with the fall of communism
If NATO Dies, Do We Really Have to Mourn?
Donald Trump's Greenland-gobbling may mean the end of the Atlanticist dream, which should have ended with the fall of communism
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January 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
If NATO Dies, Do We Really Have to Mourn? • Donald Trump's Greenland-gobbling may mean the end of the Atlanticist dream, which should have ended with the fall of communism
America This Week, Monday Live Show 1/12/26 • A recording from Monday's live video
America This Week, Monday Live Show 1/12/26
A recording from Monday's live video
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January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
America This Week, Monday Live Show 1/12/26 • A recording from Monday's live video
Listen to This Article: Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars • Narrated Version
Listen to This Article: Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars
Narrated Version
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January 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Listen to This Article: Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars • Narrated Version
Racket is Hiring • General assignment reporters and columnists are needed.
Racket is Hiring
General assignment reporters and columnists are needed.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Racket is Hiring • General assignment reporters and columnists are needed.
Escalation Weekend: Three Days of Confrontations Between ICE and Protesters in Minnesota • Our partner Ford Fischer reports from the ground in Minneapolis, where tensions continue to rise
Escalation Weekend: Three Days of Confrontations Between ICE and Protesters in Minnesota
Our partner Ford Fischer reports from the ground in Minneapolis, where tensions continue to rise
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January 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Escalation Weekend: Three Days of Confrontations Between ICE and Protesters in Minnesota • Our partner Ford Fischer reports from the ground in Minneapolis, where tensions continue to rise
ATW Livestream on Minneapolis Chaos Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT
ATW Livestream on Minneapolis Chaos Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT
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January 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
ATW Livestream on Minneapolis Chaos Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT
Listen to This Article: The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia • Narrated Version
Listen to This Article: The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia
Narrated Version
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January 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Listen to This Article: The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia • Narrated Version
Transcript - America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting" • Matt equivocates and Walter does not as news of the Renee Good shooting comes in. Plus, a surprise new novel
Transcript - America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting"
Matt equivocates and Walter does not as news of the Renee Good shooting comes in. Plus, a surprise new novel
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January 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Transcript - America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting" • Matt equivocates and Walter does not as news of the Renee Good shooting comes in. Plus, a surprise new novel
Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars • For a long time, there was little data about police shooting at cars, let alone rules. Recently it's become controversial, but courts still vary wildly in their rulings. Five key cases
Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars
For a long time, there was little data about police shooting at cars, let alone rules. Recently it's become controversial, but courts still vary wildly in their rulings. Five key cases
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January 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Who's to Blame in Minnesota? Five Cases Involving Police Shooting at Cars • For a long time, there was little data about police shooting at cars, let alone rules. Recently it's become controversial, but courts still vary wildly in their rulings. Five key cases
Fire Departments' New Emergency: Affording Their Trucks • Three companies have come to dominate the fire apparatus industry, putting the screws to our towns and cities.
Fire Departments' New Emergency: Affording Their Trucks
Three companies have come to dominate the fire apparatus industry, putting the screws to our towns and cities.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Fire Departments' New Emergency: Affording Their Trucks • Three companies have come to dominate the fire apparatus industry, putting the screws to our towns and cities.
America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting" • Matt equivocates and Walter does not as news of the Renee Good shooting comes in. Plus, a surprise new novel
America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting"
Matt equivocates and Walter does not as news of the Renee Good shooting comes in. Plus, a surprise new novel
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January 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
America This Week, Jan 9, 2026: "Descent Into Chaos: The Minnesota Shooting" • Matt equivocates and Walter does not as news of the Renee Good shooting comes in. Plus, a surprise new novel
How Big Pharma Mixed Addiction With Social Justice • Opioid marketing teams planned to "educate women in their natural settings" — including "Tupperware parties" — that female "empowerment" meant demanding more pain pills.
How Big Pharma Mixed Addiction With Social Justice
Opioid marketing teams planned to "educate women in their natural settings" — including "Tupperware parties" — that female "empowerment" meant demanding more pain pills.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
How Big Pharma Mixed Addiction With Social Justice • Opioid marketing teams planned to "educate women in their natural settings" — including "Tupperware parties" — that female "empowerment" meant demanding more pain pills.
The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia • Expressing support for a loony housing appointee, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest politician to ratify a truly evil set of academic race theories
The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia
Expressing support for a loony housing appointee, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest politician to ratify a truly evil set of academic race theories
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January 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia • Expressing support for a loony housing appointee, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest politician to ratify a truly evil set of academic race theories
America This Week, Live on Monday 1/5/26 • A recording from Monday's live video
America This Week, Live on Monday 1/5/26
A recording from Monday's live video
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January 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
America This Week, Live on Monday 1/5/26 • A recording from Monday's live video
Note on a Lawsuit • A brief note on a sordid affair.
Note on a Lawsuit
A brief note on a sordid affair.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Note on a Lawsuit • A brief note on a sordid affair.
ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT
ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT
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January 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
ATW Livestream Today at 4 PM ET/3 PM CT
Let's Make a Happy New Year • After a tumultuous 2025, we start on a clarifying journey
Let's Make a Happy New Year
After a tumultuous 2025, we start on a clarifying journey
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January 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Let's Make a Happy New Year • After a tumultuous 2025, we start on a clarifying journey
Five Craziest Things About the Epstein Case, Part 2 • On civil liberties and the hearing in which women testified against Epstein after his death
Five Craziest Things About the Epstein Case, Part 2
On civil liberties and the hearing in which women testified against Epstein after his death
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December 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Five Craziest Things About the Epstein Case, Part 2 • On civil liberties and the hearing in which women testified against Epstein after his death
America This Week Live on Monday 12/29/25 • A recording from Monday's live video
America This Week Live on Monday 12/29/25
A recording from Monday's live video
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December 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
America This Week Live on Monday 12/29/25 • A recording from Monday's live video