On this Saturday call-in, I kick off with listener Q&A that turns into a Radio Ranch 101: how (in my view) the loss of American freedom was engineered through financial and legal pivots, why words like “citizen” and “resident” matter on forms, and how affidavits and State Department passport records fit into establishing political status. We walk through the Snyder Act/Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, the Civil War-to-Fed-to-1933 timeline, administrative law and the APA, and the income‑tax regulations that apply to citizens, residents, and non‑resident aliens. I also reference case law (Urtetiqui v. D’Arcy, Plessy, Brown) and statutes (Trading with the Enemy Act; 26 CFR §1.1‑1; 26 USC §§871, 877; 5 USC §551) to frame the discussion. Listeners call in about VA benefits, IRS procedures, and property rights, and I emphasize education, affidavits, and passports as practical next steps (not legal advice). We take a short detour into tech frustrations—Windows 11 pushes, TPM 2.0, and tools like InControl and StopUpdates10—plus a pop‑culture note on Killers of the Flower Moon while discussing historic land dispossession. The throughline is the same: understand the system you’re in, know the records that define your status, and make informed, voluntary choices while helping new listeners connect the dots—calmly, clearly, and with sources they can read for themselves.'Indian Citizenship Act (1924) – U.S. Capitol Visitor Center': https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/artifact/act-authorize-secretary-interior-issue-certificates-citizenship-indians-june-2-1924'Urtetiqui v. D’Arcy (1835) – U.S. Supreme Court case text (Justia)': https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/34/692/'26 CFR § 1.1‑1 — Income tax on individuals (LII)': https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/26/1.1-1'26 U.S.C. § 871 — Tax on nonresident alien individuals (LII)': https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/871'26 U.S.C. § 877 — Expatriation to avoid tax (LII)': https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/877'Administrative Procedure Act — 5 U.S.C. § 551 (govinfo)': https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2017-title5/html/USCODE-2017-title5-partI-chap5-subchapII-sec551.htm'Trading with the Enemy Act — 50 U.S.C. Chapter 53 (LII)': https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/chapter-53'8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(3) — “Alien” definition (LII)': https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1101'Brown v. Board of Education (1954) — Brown Revisited (Oyez project site)': https://brown.oyez.org/'Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) — Case text (Justia)': https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/537/'Microsoft: Enable TPM 2.0 on your PC (Windows 11 requirement)': https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-tpm-2-0-on-your-pc-1fd5a332-360d-4f46-a1e7-ae6b0c90645c'Microsoft Learn: Windows 11 requirements':