The Fact Hunter

Recent commentary surrounding Professor Jiang’s three predictions centers on escalating Middle East tensions, expanding regional war risks, and the possibility that U.S. policy decisions could trigger wider instability if deterrence postures shift or appear inconsistent. His framework suggests that symbolic military moves, alliance signaling, and narrative framing in media will shape public perception as much as battlefield realities. At the same time, reports of senior NCOs facing counseling for criticizing Israel on social media have raised concerns among some veterans about the boundaries between personal speech and military professionalism. The tension sits at the intersection of constitutional rights, Department of Defense conduct policies, and the unique restrictions placed on service members, especially those in leadership roles, where public commentary on foreign policy can be interpreted as undermining cohesion or discipline.

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In this episode, we have a powerful conversation with Jeff Fish of Abolitionists Rising, an organization committed to the immediate and total abolition of abortion, not through incremental regulation, but by demanding equal protection under the law for preborn children and the criminalization of abortion as murder. Abolitionists Rising exists to spread abolitionist ideas through digital and print media that confront cultural lies and arguments raised against the knowledge of God, to connect believers with local abolitionist groups through an interactive national network, and to mobilize support for abolitionist legislation across the country. Distinct from the broader pro-life movement in theology, strategy, and end goals, the ministry calls the nation to repentance, revival, and reformation, insisting that political change without heart change is hollow. Above all, their stated aim is the glorification of God, holding that no legislative victory matters if it does not flow from obedience to Him and a return to biblical truth.

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Abolitionists Rising: https://abolitionistsrising.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AbolitionistsRising

When Salt of Salt-N-Pepa said “Satanists run the world,” she wasn’t saying anything Scripture hasn’t already warned about. In Episode 401, we go straight to 2 Corinthians 4:3–4 (KJV) and deal with what the Bible actually says about the “god of this world,” spiritual blindness, and organized darkness operating behind the systems people blindly trust. This is not about chasing conspiracies. It’s about recognizing that deception is real, that nations are routinely framed as heroes and villains to divide populations, and that believers must refuse to be manipulated by narrative warfare. With Christians living in Iran, Israel, and across hostile regions, the body of Christ is not confined to political borders. The call is simple and urgent: stay in Christ, reject hatred, be peacemakers, and do not let Satan win by capturing your heart while the world burns.

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Why Are We “Friends of the IDF”? In this episode of The Fact Hunter, we examine how a U.S.-based, tax-exempt nonprofit raising hundreds of millions of dollars operates in support of a foreign military while tensions with Iran dominate headlines. With Friends of the Israel Defense Forces led by Major Gen. (Res.) Nadav Padan and publicly reporting massive revenues and overseas disbursements, we step back from emotion and look at structure, optics, and fairness. Why does this arrangement exist under U.S. nonprofit law? Why isn’t it treated as a major public conversation? And what does it say about who gets to direct money and influence in America while ordinary citizens carry the tax burden?

We also look ahead to next week's guests: Jeff Fish of "Abolitionists Rising" and Grace's Dad, Scott Schara.

Scott's new book: https://a.co/d/082F2U28

Abolitionists Rising: https://abolitionistsrising.com

The Five Tenets of Abolitionism: Dusty Deevers at the Abolition Now Conference:
https://youtu.be/vTNqMdg9nNw?si=SiDV14oWo-yCm5nF

Friends of the IDF 990: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133156445/202513029349302236/full

The American Physical Society presents itself as a nonprofit dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge. Its financial disclosures tell a larger story. With over $106 million in annual revenue and more than $313 million in accumulated assets, APS operates at the center of a permanent scientific infrastructure funded largely by government-backed research institutions.

At the helm is Jonathan Bagger, a theoretical physicist whose career has spanned Johns Hopkins University, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and the international accelerator network, including TRIUMF. These laboratories were not temporary research projects. They were built as permanent federal infrastructure, tracing their lineage to the Manhattan Project and later expanding during the Cold War under programs like the Strategic Defense Initiative.SLAC itself operates under the authority of the U.S. Department of Energy, part of a national laboratory system created to sustain high-energy physics capability across generations. Scientists move through these laboratories, into universities, and eventually into leadership roles within scientific governing bodies. APS sits above that system, publishing the journals, hosting the conferences, and formalizing the research produced by government-funded institutions.

The story extends further back, to defense research networks that predate the Cold War, including scientists connected to early Marconi research efforts. These networks evolved over decades, forming a continuous institutional framework linking laboratories, universities, nonprofit scientific societies, and government agencies. This episode examines that framework. Not the discoveries themselves, but the infrastructure behind them. The laboratories that remained. The organizations that accumulated influence. And the nonprofit society at the center of the scientific establishment.

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