Manifest Destiny Includes Canada, Too

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Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. | The US just slapped new 50% tariffs on imports from Canada, and Canada has promised to do the same. This comes on the heels of over a year of Trump threatening to annex Canada as the 51st state in the union. Turns out, Trump is just using a playbook that's older than the republic. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/8/25/manifest-destiny-includes-canada-too 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/    

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Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. | Marco Rubio just called communists "Enemies of Civilization" and the US State Department and DOJ are on a mission to root out the evil of far-left "terrorist" cells, foreign and domestic. Make no mistake, this is absolutely a new Red Scare. Only time will tell how bad it gets. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/8/10/the-new-red-scare 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 0:00 Intro 10:28 Pre-WWII Context 17:25 Post-WWII Unrest 20:06 The Red Scare Begins 24:50 The Hollywood 10 26:22 The Hiss-Chambers Affair 31:05 Dennis v. US 43:08 Aftermath 48:36 What Do We Do?