Moment of Truth

"What happens when the actual evidence doesn't match up with the developing public narrative?"

That's what the chief medical examiner in the George Floyd case reportedly asked a prosecutor the day after the autopsy. When former federal prosecutor TJ Harker read that line in a 2023 deposition, every alarm bell in his head went off. He spent the next three years pulling the thread.

The result is American Scapegoat, and Harker's conclusion is one most of the country isn't ready to hear: that Derek Chauvin is innocent. Nick walks through the case with him minute by minute — what the autopsy actually found, the prosecution theory that collapsed in the middle of trial, the nine-minute delay nobody has explained, and the pills found in the squad car months later.

Agree or disagree, you'll never see that video the same way again.

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American Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Campus in Washington DC, produced by American Moment Studios, and edited by Hunter Smith, with original graphics by Jared Cummings.

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This week, the tables turn. Nick sits in the guest chair on The Long March, the new podcast from our friends at New Guard Press, to talk about the thing he's spent a decade obsessing over: who actually runs the government. Why a president gets 4,500 appointees to steer two million employees. Why most members of Congress never read the bills they vote on. And why a car mechanic who's read everything Michael Anton ever wrote might be a better hire than a Yale grad.

He also gives away one of his favorite interview questions — so if you're applying to American Moment, listen closely (but you won't be able to use his answer.)

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(00:00) A Special Cross-Post With The Long March
(03:07) 4,500 Appointees vs. 2 Million Civil Servants
(07:30) What Went Wrong in Trump 45
(08:40) Nobody Reads the Omnibus
(11:31) In Defense of Patronage
(13:52) What to Do About Career Civil Servants
(16:00) Merit Without the Ivy League
(19:16) How American Moment Finds Its People
(24:46) Gen Z is Ready to Fight
(33:39) What Nick Looks for in a Resume
(41:55) The Interview Question You Can't Fake
(45:49) Why You Have to Be Aligned Across the Board
(47:04) Stop Quoting Philosophers in Interviews
(50:07) What Nick Is Reading Right Now
(53:26) The Debate Over Using Government Power
(59:46) Trade, Immigration, and Foreign Policy
(1:03:08) What Winning Actually Looks Like
(1:06:22) Closing — Go Subscribe to The Long March

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The next time you pass a semi on the interstate, you might want to ask yourself who's behind the wheel. Congresswoman Harriet Hageman did, and she uncovered a quiet crisis among America’s truckers.

It started with a phone call from her nephew, a Wyoming rancher who kept seeing wrecked trucks on I-80 and drivers who couldn't speak a word of English. That call sent her down a rabbit hole of CDL mills, chameleon carriers, and blue states handing out commercial licenses with almost no questions asked. Now she's become the closest thing truckers have to a champion in Congress. But Hageman didn't spend 34 years as a trial attorney in Wyoming to stay in one lane. She also goes after the climate lawsuits targeting American energy, sets the record straight on beef prices, and explains how lax surrogacy laws have opened a back door for birth tourism.

Meet the congresswoman from Wyoming who is taking on the world.

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Andrew Kloster has been inside the conservative legal movement since long before President Trump came down the golden escalator and reoriented movement towards untouchable issues like immigration and tariffs. He’s been in the biggest right-wing think tanks, legal groups, and even the White House itself. And he’s not blackpilling, so why should you be?

Andrew sits down with Nick to take stock of where the movement actually stands. What's working, why nobody should care about Chevron as much as the donor class does, and why the recent losses on tariffs and birthright citizenship are really an indictment of a Congress that refuses to do its job. It also gets practical. If Democrats take the House, what happens to political appointees? Who gets targeted, who doesn't, and why the people who jump ship between now and November are telling you exactly who they are. Plus the case for fighting lawfare with lawfare — and why crying uncle only works after you've thrown a punch.

If you're a young lawyer or appointee, this one is required listening.

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Have you ever wondered how the United States Senate actually works — and why it so often doesn’t?

This compilation pulls the sharpest moments from conversations with Vice President JD Vance, Senator Ron Johnson, Senator Roger Marshall, Senator Eric Schmitt, CPI President Ed Corrigan, Rachel Bovard, and strategist Luke Thompson.

Luke Thompson explains how McCain-Feingold gutted the parties and turned every senator into a free agent. Vice President Vance shares about his first few months in the Senate. Sen. Ron Johnson describes asking his colleagues how much the federal government spends in a year and getting blank stares. Ed Corrigan and Rachel Bovard take you inside the Wednesday steering lunches where conference decisions actually get made. And Bovard lays out the ambush quorum — dragging senators to the floor at three in the morning, over and over, until the minority breaks.

If you work on the Hill, or want to, this is the crash course nobody gave you.

(00:00) Welcome to Moment of Truth
(01:11) Luke Thompson on What the NRSC Actually Does
(02:30) How McCain-Feingold Gutted the Parties
(07:00) Did Campaign Finance Create Celebrity Politics
(10:14) JD Vance on Using the Bully Pulpit
(12:55) Why Senators Are Too Busy to Think
(15:25) Ed Corrigan on the Origins of the Senate Steering Committee
(18:12) What is a Hold?
(21:11) Ron Johnson on How Unprofessional Washington Really Is
(23:59) The Board of Directors Doesn’t Know What It’s Spending
(25:14) McConnell's Governing Model and the Push to Change It
(27:28) DC Is So Unserious
(30:45) Rachel Bovard on Why Individual Senators Are So Powerful
(33:30) Inside the Wednesday Steering Lunches
(35:51) How Harry Reid Started the Slow Squeeze
(42:19) Roger Marshall on the Rise of the Populist Bloc
(45:28) Killing A Bad Senate Deal
(49:33) Rachel Bovard on What Senators Actually Extract in Exchange for Nominee Votes
(52:05) Can the Nuclear Option Be Undone
(57:20) Why Is the Senate on a Month-Long Recess
(1:03:35) The Live Quorum and Carrying Senators Onto the Floor
(1:09:16) Eric Schmitt on What Voters Actually Want

Check out the full episodes!

Luke Thompson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2W1bU3EbrY

Vice President JD Vance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMJsVpUbet0

Ed Corrigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uab4Z05eiKw

Rachel Bovard on fighting Mitch McConnell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMCnis6f3Jw

Senator Roger Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77Jmnp9y2Y

Senator Ron Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiN_iaMUIho

Rachel Bovard on the Senate Recess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rufG3A_3mVA

Rachel Bovard on the Filibuster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWSF-UhiZWs

Senator Eric Schmitt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YqjkjMDGAg
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