The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen

THE NIMBYS HELPING CHINA WIN THE AI WAR (AND THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW IT)

May 13, 2026·1h 46m
Episode Description from the Publisher

America turns 250 and the left is still lying about what the founders believed about education. Then we go after the NIMBYs blocking data centers while China builds the future. Camellia from AFP-Missouri breaks down the new laws Governor Kehoe just signed — including the child grooming statute and the hemp ban that is about to start a fight. And Mike Ter Maat, the 2024 LP vice presidential nominee who walked out the door with forty-five people behind him, joins us to answer the question: Should the LP be abolished? 🎓 What Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton actually believed about education — and why the federal bureaucracy claiming their legacy has the worst results in thirty years 📉 45% of seniors below basic in math, 32% can't find details in a text — Isabel Paterson called it in 1943 and nobody listened 🏗️ 188 opposition groups in 40 states blocked $98 billion in data center projects in a single quarter — while China executes a national AI strategy with no planning commissions and no petition drives 💸 America outspent China 23-to-1 on AI and the performance gap is now 2.7 percent — the Sputnik moment is here and our response is a HOA meeting ⚖️ Missouri's new laws: child grooming defined in statute, the divorce pregnancy barrier gone, hemp-derived THC banned in November, predatory ADA lawsuits restricted 🗳️ Mike Ter Maat on leaving the LP, the Republican Liberty Caucus, and what "unprecedented in 250 years of American political history" actually means GUESTS THIS EPISODE: 🎙️ Camellia — @RareCamellia on X 🎙️ Mike Ter Maat — @miketermaat_ on X 🛒 SHOP THE FULL LIBERTY COLLECTION: → 4LibertyShop.com 🌍 PROTECT WHAT YOU'VE BUILT: → expatmoney.com/AUSTIN 🤝 JOIN THE COMMUNITY: → 4libertynetwork.com 💪 SUPPORT INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA: → wakeupamericashow.com/support #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #Education #FoundingFathers #IsabelPaterson #PublicSchools #DataCenters #NIMBY #AI #China #DeepSeek #Luddites #MikeTerMaat #LibertarianParty #FreedomFest #RLC #Missouri #Camellia #AFPMissouri #ChildGrooming #HempBan #250thAnniversary #Liberty #Constitution #Redistricting #Conservative #Libertarian

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