EP119: Trump's JFK Executive Order: Contents and Concerns - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

On Thursday, January 23, 2025, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to begin the final de-classification and release process of the remaining JFK Assassination records. What is in this Executive Order? What problems might occur based on how it was written? Why is it important that the remaining records be released? Is there a smoking gun in there? Jim answers all of those questions, plus he gives a sneak peak at what kind of things could or should emerge from the release. Jim's way of addressing the Kennedy files included delicious details. It's likely that many of the things he covered will be new you. RELATED EPISODES EP105: Thomas Crooks Thought Lee Oswald Was Lone Gunman https://youtu.be/fLff-GTIk1I EP41: COVID and the Spillover Gang https://youtu.be/T7ZRFtnwBOo RESOURCES Cited or Recommended (in order) 1. "JFK" (the movie) produced and directed by Oliver Stone 2. "JFK and The Unspeakable" by James Douglass https://www.google.com/books/edition/JFK_and_the_Unspeakable/KS-6XrdalGkC 3. "JFK: Destiny Betrayed," four part documentary by Oliver Stone and James DiEugenio 4. "Who Killed JFK?" podcast by Rob Reiner & Soledad O'Brien, produced for iHeart 5. "Case Closed" by Gerald Posner 6. "America's Untold Stories," podcast https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasUntoldStories 7. The JFK Assassination Chokeholds by James DiEugenio, Matt Crumpton, Paul Bleau, Andrew Iler, Mark Adamcyzk https://books.google.com/books/about/The_JFK_Assassination_Chokeholds.html 8a. "Solving JFK" with Matt Crumpton, podcast 8b. "JFK The Enduring Secret" with Jeff Crudele, podcast 9. Vince Palamara on the Secret Service https://www.youtube.com/@VincePalamarasecretservicejfk 10. JFK Facts (on Substack) CHAPTERS 0:00 Theme 0:25 Intro Disclaimer and Feedback 7:57 Recommended Resources 15:40 Why does JFK assassination interest Jim? 25:22 Will the documents solve anything? 29:44 The status of the records 31:13 Researchers vs Presenters 34:41 Impact of this story on Jim's perspective 38:19 The Dulles Brothers and Eisenhower 43:40 Nixon and Watergate 46:18 Were Truman, RFK, Johnson, and Nixon conspiracy kooks? 51:09 Americans believe this was a conspiracy and want answers 57:07 Trump and Biden break the law 59:06 How the current EO works and might not work 1:01:14 How much is left that could shed light? 1:06:19 Motivation for and of the Warren Commission 1:10:16 The Cuban situation 1:12:51 Four things to know about this classified disclosure 1:15:22 Several files we'd really like to see 1:31:21 How the JFK story impacts Jim's view of the State 1:35:31 The State Is War and Demonic Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: serjo.de.lua.music@gmail.com Be grace-full to each other.