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Mr. Beat

Mr. Beat

By: Matt Beat
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Matt Beat is a teacher, video producer, podcast host, and musician who specializes in making history and geography more engaging. Beat’s specialty is American history, but he also has a big passion for geography and economics. His YouTube channel, Mr. Beat, features the series Presidential Elections in American History, Supreme Court Briefs, and Compared.Matt Beat
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  • The War Americans Forgot About: The Korean War | Mr. Beat
    May 28 2025

    Mr. Beat tells the story of the Korean War, aka "The Forgotten War," a war his grandfather fought in. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain.

    Music by Causmic, Doug Maxwell and Media Right Productions, Futuremono, Geographer, LATASHA, Otis McDOnald, and Tracktribe. Creative commons credits: Laika, Yoo Chung, dokaspar, Driedprawns, Johannes Barre, and Dwxn.


    #ushistory #koreanwar #korea


    https://youtu.be/XajWFRvaLPE

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    24 mins
  • One of my earliest subscribers is running for Congress | Mr. Beat
    May 14 2025

    The title of this video about sums it up. The music is by Francis Peve. I produced and edited this sucker. My name is Matt Beat.If you want to learn more about Noah and his campaign, feel free to go here: https://www.noahforflorida.com/

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    5 mins
  • What is the Deep State? | Mr. Beat
    May 13 2025
    Mr. Beat explains what the "deep state" actually is and why so many people have different definitions of it. Thanks to Evan from ‪@Necessary_Information‬ for joining me to talk about the Deep State. Subscribe to his channel by golly! Thanks to Shannon Beat (Mrs. Beat) for appearing in this video and thanks to my daughter, Lydia, for making the conspiracy board as a prop.Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, and Evan from ‪@Necessary_Information‬. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by ‪@electricneedleroomband‬(Mr. Beat's band), LEMMiNO ( • LEMMiNO - Cipher (BGM) ), Coyote Hearing, Music Unlimited, Otis McDonald, and Inaban. CC BY-SA 4.0Creative commons credits: Zeynel Cebeci, ajay_suresh, Alexey M., Wayan Vota, and Steven Baltakatei Sandoval. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S...Sources/further reading:Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State by Dana Priest and William ArkinPurchase here: https://amzn.to/43Kge86 The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret GovernmentBy David TalbotPurchase here: https://amzn.to/42gDU1l Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIABy Tim WeinerPurchase here: https://amzn.to/4iU5UyT Blank Check: The Pentagon’s Black BudgetBy Tim WeinderPurchase here: https://amzn.to/42vVW0N https://daily.jstor.org/the-unacknowl... https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lies-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_statehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_st... Federal workforce estimates primarily come from these three sources:https://www.archives.gov/research/census https://www2.census.gov/library/publi... https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-overs... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w... https://archive.org/details/5-18-risenhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheet... https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/exh... Chapters:0:00 Intro01:50 What is the Deep State?02:07 Mainstreaming the Deep State03:03 SimpliSafe04:43 What is the Deep State, really?05:23 Deep State ideas across history06:31 A historian’s definition (and Mr. Beat’s version)07:24 Hypothetical abuse of government resources07:58 Trump, Kash Patel, and dismantling the Deep State08:36 The REAL Deep State10:04 190110:32 190811:10 WWII12:43 Post-war: CIA13:06 CIA and controversial operations14:11 FBI domestic spying14:35 CIA and Necessary Information18:39 Expanding intelligence agencies19:51 Redefining the Deep State20:47 Bureaucracy backlash21:16 Ordinary people and legal transparency22:38 The fake deep state24:19 Outro
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    25 mins

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