Why Is The US Obsessed With Cuba?

Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit https://wildgrain.com/leeja30 and use code LEEJA30 at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! | Fake polls about the primary elections impacted prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket and influenced candidate behavior. Turns out, waging bets on the outcomes of elections is as old as the Republic, but the current digital and disinformation context has some very sinister implications for democracy. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/9/3/the-coming-kalshi-elections  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/  

Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code LEEJA at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/leeja  | Meta just settled with a group of state Attorneys General for $18 billion dollars and agreed to change some of the features of Instagram and Facebook to try to protect kids and teens. This was seen by many as Meta's Big Tobacco moment, but in reality doesn't do anything to actually hold big tech accountable or help teens in a meaningful way. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/8/28/the-meta-settlement-isnt-the-victory-you-think-it-is  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/  

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/    

Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. | A very brief history of US-Cuba relations so you have the context to understand the Trump regime and Marco Rubio and their current Cuba strategy. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/8/20/why-is-the-us-obsessed-with-cuba  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 0:00 Intro 13:32 Cuba & The Colonies 15:15 Industrialization 18:02 Cuban “Independence” 24:50 The Rise Of A Dictator 28:15 The Rise Of A Revolution 30:19 Cozying Up To The USSR 33:32 A Crisis Unfolds 38:50 The Fall of the Soviets 42:28 Cuba In The 21st Century

BUT FIRST: Primary results in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Karoline Leavitt steps down, Todd Blanche is officially AG, Trump cuts vaccines for kids, droughts and wildfires across the world, ICE wants shock gloves, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo evidence, and a third death at Delany Hall. This is your Friday roundup. Upgrade your closet with Quince. Go to https://www.Quince.com/leeja for free shipping on your next order and 365-day returns. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/8/14/dhs-spies-on-leftists-gamblers-bet-on-natural-disasters-friday-roundup 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/  

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?

But that's okay because we're going to read it together. This document was revolutionary when it was written, and yet it purposely and willfully left out most of the population and declared "liberty" to be an "inalienable right" while the writers owned humans. That stain on our history has, so far, been impossible to completely remove. Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/6/30/is-the-us-a-christian-nation 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/   

A lot of decisions dropped for the final week of the Supreme Court term, some of them better for Trump than others, none of them give me warm fuzzy feelings. We'll discuss birthright citizenship, trans athletes, campaign finance, and more. TLDR: we DESPARATELY need Supreme Court reform! Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/7/2/wtf-just-happened-at-the-supreme-court-this-week-explainer 

The Trump regime wants you to pray more, and they say it's because the US was founded on Christian values. It's a talking point that pops up over and over again. But is it true? Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code LEEJA at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/leeja 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/6/30/is-the-us-a-christian-nation 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 

Last week, 15 activists in Minnesota were indicted on federal charges, accused of being members of an "antifa" cell. This week, a group of activists in Texas got DECADES of prison time for their roles in an alleged "antifa" plot. Today I tried to get into the weeds here a bit so we can get our heads around what these recent lawsuits and sentencings mean for activists on the ground. Upgrade your closet with Quince. Go to https://www.Quince.com/leeja for free shipping on your next order and 365-day returns. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2026/6/25/a-legal-analysis-of-trumps-antifa-prosecutions    👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/