The Josh Philipp Show

@JoshJPhilipp, senior investigative reporter at @EpochTimes, dives deep into the stories shaping our world.

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America is hooked on antidepressants, and the HHS wants to change that.

A new campaign from the Department of Health and Human Services could see antidepressants, including many that have become incredibly common, soon face restrictions.

But are antidepressants really that bad for you? @JoshJPhilipp does a deep take into the issue, and the rise in the broad prescriptions of SSRIs.

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By this point, you've probably heard of Antifa. They often show up at conservative events as your “counterprotesters.” They often turn the events violent. And they also tend to be the agitators in popular movements like Black Lives Matter.

Many talking heads on the left say the group isn’t really a group. They say it’s an idea. Not really organized.

But on the other side of the aisle, many who have investigated Antifa note that it’s a large network of organizations from Rose City Antifa, to the John Brown Gun Club.

And the Trump administration says they’re terrorists.

So what really is Antifa? And what are its origins?

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So more serotonin means more happiness, right? Well, not always.

There are short-term side effects like anxiety and restlessness. Bodily problems like weight gain and headaches. But the real problem is the long-term risks.

And one of the most serious issues is emotional blunting. It turns out a lot of people on the drugs start to feel emotionally numb. They feel less joy. Things start to feel more muted. Life loses its spark.

And it can be even worse with young people. It’s actually one of the big black box warnings from the FDA. Turns out, these antidepressants can increase suicidal thoughts and behaviors in people under 25—including kids and teens.

Suicidal behaviors kinda defeat the purpose of antidepressants, in my opinion.

And what’s also not talked about much is what happens if you just stop taking them all at once.

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RFK Jr. says withdrawals from SSRIs are worse than heroin.

Millions of Americans taking these drugs may not know what they’re actually signing up for.

Many patients are never fully told about the potential side effects, the risk of emotional blunting, or how difficult it can be to come off these medications once they start.

For some people, getting off SSRIs becomes a years-long battle that requires careful tapering and can leave lasting harm when done incorrectly.

Yet these drugs continue to be prescribed to millions of Americans every year.

1 in 6 American adults is taking an SSRI.

Yet most people have never heard the true data behind these drugs.

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1 in 6 American adults take an antidepressant.

1 in 10 children are on mental health medication.

Yet long-term studies found many SSRIs were barely more effective than a placebo.

After reviewing FDA trial data, researchers found SSRIs provided little to no clinically meaningful benefit for most patients.

The benefits were largely limited to people suffering from the most severe forms of depression.

Yet millions of Americans have been prescribed these drugs for decades.

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America is hooked on antidepressants, and the HHS wants to change that.

A new campaign from the Department of Health and Human Services could see antidepressants, including many that have become incredibly common, soon face restrictions.

But are antidepressants really that bad for you? @JoshJPhilipp does a deep take into the issue, and the rise in the broad prescriptions of SSRIs.

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Mario Kart is being accused of white privilege.

Pokémon is accused of colonialism.

Other top games are being forced to make “inclusive” characters and storylines.

Top game makers are being attacked over race politics.

And much of the pressure isn’t even coming from the majority of gamers, but from a loud minority that often doesn’t even play the games themselves.

Studios are sacrificing good storytelling and gameplay to cater to activists instead of the people actually supporting the industry.

Billion-dollar AAA developers are pouring massive budgets into politically driven projects only to watch anticipated releases fall flat with audiences.

We’re seeing this happen across entertainment culture as a whole, pushing people into smaller niche silos.

What people want is simple: good stories, great entertainment, and content made for audiences instead of activists.

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The CCP’s grand strategy to keep America trapped in endless global conflicts just got BLOWN OUT of the water like a Venezuelan 4-engine fishing boat.

President Trump prevented a major war in South America before it could spiral into a regional humanitarian crisis.

At the same time, Chinese military systems in both Venezuela and Iran, which were promoted for years as threats to the United States, failed under real-world combat conditions.

Radar systems that could supposedly detect advanced American stealth aircraft failed to detect a single one of the roughly 150 aircraft involved in the strikes.

Air defense systems and anti-ship missiles hyped by the CCP were neutralized through stealth attacks, electronic warfare, and precision strikes.

The CCP’s broader strategy of keeping the United States trapped in endless global conflicts is starting to fall apart.

And the world is now seeing the difference between military propaganda and actual military power.

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What if America’s economic collapse into a Communist welfare state was planned decades ago?

It’s called the Cloward-Piven Strategy.

A political theory built around the idea that to end poverty, you first need to create a lot more poverty.

The strategy was simple: overwhelm welfare systems with so much demand, spending, and dependency that the entire economic order collapses under its own weight.

The end goal was to force the federal government to step in with guaranteed income programs and a dramatically expanded welfare state.

For many Americans, this now feels eerily similar to what we are watching happen in real time.

Exploding debt, rampant fraud, social programs stretched to the breaking point, and hardworking taxpayers becoming increasingly disenfranchised from the system funding it all.

The theory argued that once enough pressure was placed on the old order, people would lose faith in it and demand an entirely new economic system to replace it.

And although many Americans feel like parts of this system are already taking shape, the US economic system has proven far more resilient than many expected.

Which leads to what critics argue is the next step needed to make a Cloward-Piven style collapse possible: uncontrollable levels of fraud, debt, and abuse that push the system beyond its limits.

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Debanking is no longer a fringe issue or conspiracy theory.

From political figures to scientists to activist groups, Americans are increasingly finding out that stepping out of line can come with financial consequences.

Watch below to see how banks and payment processors are quietly becoming tools of political and social control.

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What do President Trump, pro-life groups, and scientists who spoke out during COVID all have in common?

They’ve been debanked.

Banks and payment processors operate under policies tied to what they call “reputational risk.”

If your views, activism, or public statements are deemed a threat to the reputation of the institution, they can shut down your accounts and cut you off financially.

And this is being weaponized against Americans to this day.

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It's called the Cloward-Piven strategy. And it could explain many of the problems we’re watching unfold right now in the US, and why America's fraud problem is much more serious than we thought.

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The amount of fraud being found in the United States is staggering.

It’s a problem so severe that it may be achieving –intentionally or not – a strategy to destabilize America. To intentionally drain its resources. And to eventually force changes that Americans would otherwise never accept.

And there's a name for this strategy ⤵

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Fraudsters could be stealing up to half a trillion dollars a year from the US government.

Don’t believe me?

The US Government Accountability Office, using older data from 2018–2022, estimated fraudsters could be stealing as much as $521 billion annually from taxpayer funded programs.

Medicaid, food stamps, daycare programs, hospice care, and other parts of the social safety net are all being targeted.

If this fraud epidemic is not brought under control, it could eventually destroy the very systems meant to protect America’s most vulnerable people.

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Entertainment used to bring people together through shared stories, shared culture, and shared experiences.

Now, audiences are being divided into endless ideological and algorithm-driven niches while major studios sacrifice storytelling to chase activism and identity politics.

The result is a more fragmented, isolated, and disconnected culture than ever before.

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We’re fueling the loneliness epidemic without even realizing it.

Shared stories, shared values, and shared culture are what hold nations together.

But we’re entering an era of endless entertainment where fewer and fewer things actually bring people together anymore.

We now have unlimited streaming, infinite music libraries, personalized algorithms, and AI-generated content tailored instantly for every niche imaginable.

And with all of this endless choice, we may be losing something much bigger: a shared cultural identity.

Researchers have warned for years that when people have less in common, trust declines, communities weaken, and people begin to socially “hunker down” from one another.

The result is a society that becomes more fragmented, more isolated, and less connected over time.

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President Trump prevented a major war in South America.

Right before Nicolás Maduro was captured, Venezuela was preparing to invade Guyana over one of the world’s largest offshore oil discoveries.

US special operations forces moved in before the conflict could spiral into a regional war and humanitarian crisis that would have sent waves of migrants across the region.

And somehow, the mainstream media barely wants to talk about it.

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You might own your car—but do you actually own what it can do?

Automakers like BMW, Toyota, General Motors, and Tesla have all explored or introduced subscriptions for features that used to come standard—from heated seats to remote start and even navigation tools.

What was once built into the product is now something you keep paying to access.

This shift traces back to the rise of the Internet of Things—the idea that connecting everything would make life more efficient.

And it has.

But it also means those same connections can be controlled.

If access depends on a subscription or an internet link, then stopping payment—or losing connection—can mean losing features you thought you already owned.

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Debanking is becoming America’s version of a social credit system.
Most Americans still think the idea of a mass surveillance dystopia that can control your job, your finances, and what you’re allowed to buy sounds like science fiction.
But that reality is already starting to emerge.
Banks are increasingly being weaponized against political dissidents, religious organizations, and people who challenge powerful institutions.
President Trump was debanked after January 6th.
Pro-Life groups have been debanked.
Scientists and public figures who spoke out during COVID were debanked.
And as AI surveillance, digital ID systems, and centralized digital currencies continue advancing, the power to financially erase someone from society becomes more real than ever.
Debanking is no longer some distant dystopian fantasy.
It’s becoming normalized in real time.

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4 corporations control nearly the entire US beef market.

Tyson, Cargill, JBS, and National Beef now sit at the center of America’s beef supply chain with enormous control over the market.

As consumers pay record prices at the grocery store, many small ranchers are barely holding on or not even turning a profit.

All while these 4 corporations continue posting massive profits.

But help could be on the way, as the Trump administration has announced it will be taking this monopoly head-on.