Defending the Monument to Reconciliation and Exposing Climate City Agendas

On this Wednesday, August 23, 2023 broadcast, Kim Monson explores threats to American heritage and liberty from two fronts: the push to dismantle the Monument to Reconciliation at Arlington National Cemetery and the growing network of C40 Cities implementing restrictive climate policies. Historian Scott Powell and rancher Trent Loos provide insights into these critical issues. Preserving American Unity and the Monument to Reconciliation Start listening at 30:07 – Hour 1 Scott Powell, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and author of “Rediscovering America,” sounds the alarm on efforts to remove the Monument to Reconciliation from Arlington National Cemetery. The monument, commissioned by President McKinley and unveiled under President Wilson, commemorates the healing between North and South following the Civil War. Powell explains that Confederate soldiers who later fought valiantly in the Spanish-American War demonstrated that national unity could be achieved through shared sacrifice. Powell describes the monument as embodying American values of compassion and forgiveness. At its apex stands a woman turning a sword into a plowshare, symbolizing the transformation from war to peace. The artwork depicts whites and blacks cooperating, reflecting the reality of that era. Powell connects the current effort to dismantle this monument to what he calls a “full-blown cultural communist revolution” aimed at erasing American history and memory of the founding principles. The push to remove the monument came through the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act’s renaming commission. Powell references former Senator Jim Webb’s Wall Street Journal article, noting that Webb, a Vietnam veteran and Democrat, took Vietnamese officials to this very monument in 1992 to show how America healed its wounds. Powell urges listeners to support the legal fight at DefendArlington.org. “We’re in a cultural communist revolution right now in America. This is a full-blown cultural communist revolution. And what the enemy wants on the other side of this is a totally transformed America, an America without any history, without any memory of our great founders.” Scott Powell, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute C40 Cities and the Climate Control Agenda Start listening at 72:16 – Hour 2 Trent Loos, sixth-generation farmer and rancher, exposes the C40 Cities network, a global coalition of mayors committed to implementing aggressive climate policies. Member cities in North America include Austin, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C. Notably, Denver is not on the list, which Loos attributes to the new mayor’s more balanced approach. Loos traces the climate movement’s origins to Maurice Strong, who partnered with George Soros and Klaus Schwab in 1972 to promote the narrative that emissions cause climate change. This false premise, Loos argues, is being used to justify eliminating animal products from diets and restricting personal vehicle ownership by 2030. He emphasizes that CO2 is plant food essential for photosynthesis and that plants generate more growth with less water when more CO2 is available. The discussion turns to CO2 pipeline dangers and the federal subsidies driving them. Loos explains that the 45Q tax credits, expanded from $50 to $85 per metric ton under the Inflation Reduction Act, have created a gold rush for CO2 sequestration projects. He details how concentrated, pressurized CO2 mixed with water becomes explosive, citing the Lake Nyos disaster and a Mississippi pipeline rupture as examples of the dang...