Civil Discord

Maurice hops on to give an update on what's been happening in over the past month, and shares some good news! He also gives an update on his views on a cultural issue that has recently taken place.   Watch us on YouTube (watch us LIVE on usually Sundays!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda's journalisming @ Young Voices: https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/amanda-griffiths/  Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today's big story is, of course, President Biden's student loan forgiveness proposal. We discuss the constitutionality, consequences, and conflicted feelings that libertarian-leaning recipients of unsolicited federal aid can experience—plus, what to do with them (and the extra money). Then the CDC admits to being wrong about natural immunity and decides to get more bureaucratic in order to make itself less bureaucratic. Experts say additional staff, task forces, and taxpayer dollars are needed (seriously). Give it a listen and let's get fiscal!   Mentioned on the Show: Student Loan Debt Cancellation https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3618966-student-loan-forgiveness-should-backfire-on-biden/  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-student-loan-relief-for-borrowers-who-need-it-most/  https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/would-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-survive-court-challenge/    CDC Admits to Being Wrong About Natural Immunity https://fee.org/articles/the-cdc-finally-admitted-the-science-on-natural-immunity-why-did-it-take-so-long/    CDC Naturally Immune to Self-Awareness https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-17/cdc-overhaul-director-walensky-lays-out-new-course-after-pandemic-missteps  Watch us on YouTube (watch us LIVE on usually Sundays!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda's journalisming @ Young Voices: https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/amanda-griffiths/  Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice  

…That was REALLY supposed to be a play on “Animal Crackers in My Soup,” and then we fired our title-writing summer intern. Today we discuss the right and left's reactions to the raid on Trump's Florida estate and what it means that both parties are taking aim at Americans' faith in our institutions—from a place of bad faith. How much, or what kind of, institutional distrust is a good thing? What's the distinction between low faith and low trust? How should and shouldn't we question the legitimacy of our government and government actors? We also pick apart the environmental provisions of the IRA Reduction Act and find that its eco-friendly promises are a lot of hot air. Finally, two more alphabet soup institutions lose two legendary actors: Dr. Science departs the CDCP; and Brian Stelter is ousted from CNN! We discuss.    Mentioned on the Show: Amanda on Machiavelli:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvzNoTDWMSg  (iTunes) https://t.co/dHW5q9AEYC (Spotify) https://t.co/tagAtMSjhe   Mar-a-Lago Raid: https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3610835-the-mar-a-lago-raid-gave-republicans-an-unexpected-second-wind/    IRS Training Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChXmRumOJFN/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=    IRA Reduction Act Includes Tax Credits for Nonexistent Vehicles: https://reason.com/2022/08/08/the-democrats-new-inflation-bill-includes-tax-credits-for-electric-vehicles-that-dont-exist/    Stelter out of CNN: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/21/stelter-cnn-reliable-sources-00053006    The Science™ Leaves Government… Maybe: https://www.govexec.com/management/2022/08/dr-fauci-will-leave-government-isnt-retiring/376124/    Watch us on YouTube (watch us LIVE on usually Sundays!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda's journalisming @ Young Voices: https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/amanda-griffiths/  Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice  

Maurice just woke up from a nap and Amanda forgot to do the pre-show notes. Still, the podcast soldiers on with a LIVE pre-show that includes the hosts' controversial opinions on national anthems, public school starting hours, and possibly Canada. But we get into some real news content: The Inflation Reduction Act that isn't, Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan that almost wasn't, and a semi-automatic weapon ban that Maurice just can't even begin to can. Plus, Maurice revisits his views on voting and explains how they've evolved.  Watch the show on YouTube (watch us LIVE on usually Sundays!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow cool things Amanda does @Young Voices: https://www.young-voices.com/advocate/amanda-griffiths/  Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

This week, we catch up on stories breaking, broken, and mostly unspoken. First, a good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun! Next, the White House can't stop a recession—even if they try to redefine what the word means. Then, President Biden plays footsie with the idea of declaring a… climate emergency? We discuss policy changes that would genuinely help the environment (yes, there are things the government can do!). We also check in on a story about European farmers rebelling against environmental regulations and celebrate Democrats' plan to own the cons by following the Constitution.    Mentioned on the Show: Amanda on Biden on Tariffs on China:  https://intpolicydigest.org/biden-inches-toward-the-right-move-on-tariffs-for-the-wrong-reasons/    Amanda on the Radio on Biden on Tariffs on China: https://www.young-voices.com/moving-forward-bidens-tariffs-hope-scholarships-american-greatness-the-price-of-water-in-utah/    Good Guy with a Gun Stops Bad Guy with a Gun: https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/us/eli-dicken-indiana-mall-shooting-bystander/index.html    These Are Not the Two Months of Negative Growth You Are Looking For: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/26/heres-how-to-know-if-were-in-a-recession-and-its-not-what-you-think.html    Farmers Rebel Against Climate Policies Jeopardizing their Jobs:  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-popular-uprising-against-the-elites-has-gone-global-opinion/ar-AAZkhzr?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f433d9ccd9664b80adae5e4583544ada   The Respect for Marriage Act: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/19/house-votes-on-same-sex-marriage-bill-after-supreme-court-r Watch the show on YouTube (watch us LIVE on usually Sundays!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice  

Remember when we joked about needing inflation stimulus checks to fight inflation? Well, Gavin with the Good Hair took us seriously! Seriously. We discuss. Speaking of which—GwtGH just bought ad space in Florida to go head-to-head with Ron DeSantis! We discuss the major party prospects for 2024 and offer our own picks for Republican and Democratic candidates. Finally, in a segment honorifically titled “JoeR is Dumb,” we provide a progress report on Oregon's total drug decriminalization experiment. What do the results say about the libertarian stance on drug legalization?    California Fights Inflation by Sending People Free Money: https://reason.com/2022/06/28/california-fights-inflation-by-sending-people-free-money/   JoeR is (not!) Dumb: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-06-02/oregon-botched-drug-treatment-plan-tied-to-decriminalization#:~:text=Oregon%20officials%20and%20lawmakers%20say,drug%20addictions%20and%20overdoses%20increase.    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm#notes  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

In a one-two policy punch that couldn't be more perfect for big tobacco, the Biden administration moves to restrict nicotine levels in cigarettes while the FDA pursues a ban on Juul vapes. Next, SCOTUS upholds the right to concealed carry in all 50 states while the Senate passes a bipartisan gun bill that probably wouldn't have stopped any of our most recent or deadly mass shootings. Finally, the Federal Reserve just might get a brand new mandate—with more to come.   Mentioned on the Show— That's Not How Addiction Works: https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2022/cigarette-nicotine-levels-legislation-biden-administration/    The FDA is Not Allowed: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3536573-court-temporarily-blocks-fda-ban-on-sale-of-juul-e-cigarettes/    The Senate Gun Bill Text: https://www.murphy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/bipartisan_safer_communities_act_text.pdf    Jacob Sullum's Analysis: https://reason.com/2022/06/22/bipartisan-senate-gun-control-deprive-americans-second-amendment-rights/    Damon Root on SCOTUS' Concealed Carry Ruling: https://reason.com/2022/06/23/in-landmark-2nd-amendment-ruling-scotus-affirms-right-to-carry-a-handgun-for-self-defense-outside-the-home/    Government Asks Federal Reserve to Consider Race in Policy Decisions: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-woke-mandate-for-the-federal-reserve-racial-equity-congress-house-joe-biden-11655659047  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

After a special announcement, we unearth a buried story from this past weekend: The WHO's director general has apparently leaked his own thoughts on the ‘lab leak theory'. Next, we turn to all things inflation. How bad is it? What comes next? What will (and won't) help? Finally, trad media is still broken as USA Today retracts 23 stories written by a reporter who allegedly fabricated sources.    Mentioned on the Show:  WHO Director-General Confides that COVID Most Likely Came from a Lab https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10930501/WHO-chief-believes-Covid-DID-leak-Wuhan-lab-catastrophic-accident-2019.html    USA Today Has a Stephen Glass https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/media/usa-today-removes-articles/index.html  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, we welcome a returning guest—Jim Magoo, from the “Ignore the Rant” podcast—to pick up on what feels like a continuation of our last joint episode, “Bolshevik Libertarians” (yes, we have a theme). Magoo briefs us on the Mises Caucus “takeover” of the Libertarian Party, shares his thoughts, and takes us on a far-ranging discussion/debate on what's changed about libertarian ideas and tactics—and where they might be headed.    Mentioned on the Show— The New Libertarian Party Platform: https://lnc2022.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2022/05/Final-Report-of-the-2022-Libertarian-Party-Platform-Committee_.pdf    Matt Welch on the LP “Takeover”: https://reason.com/2022/06/03/can-a-post-takeover-libertarian-party-improve-on-its-historical-run-of-2012-20/    Listen to Ignore the Rant: https://ignoretherant.podbean.com/  Follow Ignore the Rant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ignoretherant  Follow Ignore the Rant on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ignoretherant/  Watch Civil Discord on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Episode 47: Chad Media v. Trad Media   This week, we discuss the media frenzy around the verdict in Depp v. Heard and talk about what the renaissance of decentralized expertise means for our general information ecosystem. Then Maurice takes the floor to talk firearms, proposed bans, new laws, and—yes—changes that could help prevent school shootings.  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

This week is a win for discord! Our accountability institutions brought some much-needed sunlight to Biden's proposed Disinformation Governance Board, which promptly shriveled in the public gaze. We look at what erstwhile Disinformation Czar Nina Jankowicz had to say about the agency's demise, ask what Orwell got wrong, and discuss what the public did right. Then, we take a peek inside Congress' new $40 billion aid package to Ukraine and talk about what might be missing. Meanwhile, America-first natcons are seething about the ‘GloOoOoObalist Agenda,' but also meanwhile, America-first natcons are holding a destination CPAC in… Hungary. It's a whole lot of hot nonsense to unpack, so join us!   The Dissolution of the Disinformation Governance Board The Story: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-department-of-homeland-security-pauses-disinformation-board-amid-free-speech-questions  The State Spin: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/21/1100438703/dhs-disinformation-board-nina-jankowicz   $40 Billion Aid Package to Ukraine: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097883083/how-the-u-s-aid-to-ukraine-is-taking-shape    Natcons, Jankowicz Find Common Ground—‘Have Your Own Media': https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/20/viktor-orban-cpac-republicans-hungary    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

First things first: We had some major audio/video issues with this podcast, so ⅔ of the time Amanda is pretending to react to Maurice's deep thoughts while she stares at a blank, soundless screen. Did we pull it off? You be the judge! Speaking of judging, we provide a brief of the Depp/Heard trial thus far and talk about why it actually matters. Then we dive into Biden's recent inflation speech where he excoriated the “Ultra-MAGA agenda”—and earned three Pinocchios from the Washington Post. Finally, we take a look at the markets. Maurice digs into $LUNA's nose-dive, explains what went wrong, and how to continue to invest intelligently (yes, even now. Just… maybe not in LUNA).    Mentioned on the Show:  Our Depp/Heard Trial Video/Channel Picks—   Woodworker Attorney Debunks Amber Heard's “Broken Bed” Testimony”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRSxKSMpr8Q    Emily D. Baker, Lawstream Queen: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEmilyDBaker/videos    Nick Rekieta, Lawstream King: https://www.youtube.com/c/RekietaLaw/videos   President Biden Can Taste Your Frustration with Inflation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Wjq3ooEiQ    WaPo's 3-Pinocchio Rating of Biden's Inflation Speech: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/21/bidens-false-claim-that-congressional-republicans-want-raise-taxes/    Sen. Rick Scott's Radical Tax Policy Proposal: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017f-1cf5-d281-a7ff-3ffd5f4a0000    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Maurice takes a week off to move and the news explodes! We spend this episode wiping SCOTUS leak residue off of our faces and speculate on who the leaker is—and what will happen to them—before discussing whether this is a matter best left to federalism or the courts. Amanda goes undercover exploring Canadian cognitive dissonance on Twitter, but gets distracted by a pro-choice Rabbi. Plus: Maurice shared some great news on Instagram this week!    Mentioned on the Show: The Leaked Opinion: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/read-justice-alito-initial-abortion-opinion-overturn-roe-v-wade-pdf-00029504    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

What will happen to democracy now that an unelected judge has bypassed the will of an unelected bureaucrat and ruled that laws should be made by elected representatives? We discuss by visiting the recent ruling against the CDC's airline mask mandate. We also share tips for how to respond if someone tries to guilt you into masking on a flight. Then: What will happen to streaming services—and the legacy institutions that can't keep up with them—now that CNN+ has failed? We talk about the lessons learned from CNN's ill-fated foray into on-demand streaming. We also predict the next legacy industry to go the way of decentralized, on-demand services. Finally: A masterclass in fake crying and phony journalism! We break down what Taylor Lorenz is doing wrong. We also bemoan the lack of a ‘Cons of TikTok.' Your move, Internet.    Mentioned on the Show:  Airline Mask Mandate Lifted:  https://thepointsguy.com/news/mask-mandate-voided/   Text of the Court's Decision: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21636492-mask-mandate-order    CNN -: https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-quick-end-to-cnn/65f20b85-6dcc-4426-a7ee-57cb5039843e    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

After discussing Amanda's groundbreaking trip to Chicago and her Lived Experience™ with not getting COVID, we examine the Chinese Communist Party's failed mission to keep anyone from getting COVID—even if it means destroying every life in the process. We puzzle over a few theories about what's really behind the CCP's totalitarian ramp-up before breaking down the latest BLM financial scandal at home. How would a charity that *really* puts black lives first spend their money? Finally, we consider Elon Musk's democracy-destroying offer to buy Twitter and close with a light item: inflation numbers.    Mentioned on the Show:  The CCP Cripples Shanghai  https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3270498-in-shanghai-covid-19-has-become-chinas-political-disease/    Patrisse Cullors vs. the World https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/patrisse-cullors-blasts-despicable-coverage-of-blms-6-million-mansion   Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Civil Discord is reporting from the front lines of the culture war! We hash out our disagreements over Florida's Parental Rights in Education Bill and discuss what teachers should and shouldn't share with their students. Amanda shares her Lived Experience™ of wanting to be a boy between the ages of 6 and 9. Then, we *hash* out our complicated feelings about the House bill decriminalizing marijuana. (This podcast is not a safe space for the Beatles.) We also speculate about Elon Musk's rise to Twitter shareholder domination and rant about Biden's “billionaire income tax” bill that taxes neither billionaires nor income.    Mentioned on the Show:   Reefer ‘Meh'dness  https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/01/politics/house-vote-marijuana-decriminalization/index.html   Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/05/elon-musk-to-join-twitters-board-of-directors.html   The Non-Billionaire Non-Income Tax (NobNiT) https://taxfoundation.org/biden-billionaire-tax-unrealized-capital-gains/    Amanda Predicted the NobNiT Last Year… and Forecasted the Consequences  https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/capital-pains-democrats-proposed-tax-hike-harms-young-and-middle-class-investors    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

After a discussion on the worst drivers in the U.S., we recap the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings and explain why Congressional inaction is partly to blame for sentence differentials on child pornography. We also solve the gender crisis in competitive sports! You're welcome, America. Finally, we cover a woke Home Depot flyer and mourn the fact that Ben Shapiro will now have to buy wood elsewhere.    Mentioned on the Show:  That Time Ben Shapiro Got Wood at Home Depot https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lko-K3xOZGI    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, Eric from the Rebel with a Cause podcast joins us to talk about the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's Annual Threatdown, the Ukraine invasion, gas prices, energy policy, and the new omnibus bill that Does Not Spark Joy. Maurice adjusts to his position as the podcast's moderate anarchist, Amanda tries to keep it together as the unofficial spokeshawk for the Hunter Biden/Bill Kristol PAC, and Eric embraces his role as Alex Jones' boss. Plus, a surprise bonding experience between Eric and Maurice! There will be discord.    Mentioned on the Show: Watch the Senate Select Intelligence Committee Threatdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMsLjqgq2SE     Amanda Has Thoughts on Ukrainian Bioweapons Rumors https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff/status/1502070000768585728    Amanda Also Has Thoughts on Fact Checks About Bioweapons Rumors  https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff/status/1503569148328046596    Why Outsourcing Oil Production to Putin-Backed Totalitarian Regimes is Worse for the Environment Than Anything We Could Do Here https://www.csis.org/analysis/role-oil-sector-venezuelas-environmental-degradation-and-economic-rebuilding    California's “Eco-Conscious” Fuel Blend Emits More NOx & Carcinogens Than Regular Fuel https://www.reuters.com/world/us/californias-battle-cut-emissions-with-biofuels-burns-new-truck-engines-2022-01-20/    This Omnibus Bill Does Not Spark Joy https://www.govexec.com/management/2022/03/10-major-takeaways-15-trillion-omnibus-spending-bill/362983/  Follow the Rebel with a Cause podcast: https://cointr.ee/rwac-podcast  Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RWACPodcast  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

The Biden Administration is talking tough about Russian sanctions and energy independence—but how is that reflected in their policy choices? We break down how the administration's entry into Putin's Iran Nuclear Deal, flirtation with Venezuelan oil imports, and staunch refusal to become energy independent is hurting the economy, the environment, and the image America projects to the world. Is it really an Iranian nuclear deal if it includes lifting sanctions on Russia? We also review the lowlights of a very non-memorable State of the Union. How long until “Nationalize the Police” becomes a leftist hashtag? Maurice revisits some of his earlier remarks on Russia.    Mentioned on the Show:  Iran Nuclear Deal https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/iran-nuclear-deal-us/index.html  https://twitter.com/GLNoronha/status/1499018795926626305  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/06/iran-nuclear-talks-rocked-by-russian-demand-for-sanctions-exemption    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Your timeline and analysis of the stories to follow on the Russo-Ukrainian War. We (briefly) armchair psychoanalyze Putin and the unexpected strength of U.S. intel, NATO cooperation (what's happening now? Is it too little too late?), and Ukrainian resistance. After a bit of history on the Budapest Memorandum, we walk through where and why sanctions go wrong. We look at energy independence as national defense, critique Europe's green hypocrisy, talk about the “other” nuclear option, and discuss how U.S. grand strategy can both return to its roots and adapt its modes for the 21st century: Re-orient our focus to defending sovereignty (not spreading democracy); practice strategic humility; and concentrate our resources on superior intel, cyberdeterrence, and irregular operations. Oh, and maybe don't let Russia broker the Iran nuclear deal.    We'll continue working to separate the signal from the noise and aggregate credible reports on what's newsworthy now. Follow us on Twitter for updates and summaries of top lines.  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

It's our most musical episode yet! A trifecta of San Francisco school board recalls prompts us to reflect on the reawakening of blue-city parents. We also consider the best path forward for public education. Maurice wants the DOE DOA. Amanda is clearly a socialist. Next, we move northward to bring you the latest on the Canadian convoy. What's up with this emergency powers act? Can the government freeze your crypto? Why are state-hired hackers posing in Guy Fawkes masks? Maurice finds fresh evidence that what's really needed is an anarchist confederation. Amanda is clearly a neocon who believes in the power of nuclear weapons and discourse ethics. She also breaks out into song at least twice.    Mentioned on the Show:    Immigrant Parents, Gaybraham Lincoln Recall San Francisco School Board https://sfist.com/2022/02/16/all-three-school-board-members-recalled-in-landslide/    Canada's Emergency Act, Explained https://fortune.com/2022/02/14/canadian-prime-minister-trudeau-emergencies-act-freedom-convoy-protests/    What Does Canada's Emergency Act Mean for Canadians' Money? https://fortune.com/2022/02/16/trudeau-freeze-freedom-convoy-bank-accounts-canada-covid-protest-emergency-powers/  Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

The most recent extension of emergency powers was anticipated—but it hits different. A more serious episode.    Update: As of press time, at least 13 schoolchildren in LA county reportedly collapsed after being forced to wear N-95s outside during a heat wave, in accordance with LADPS & LA Department of Public Health mandates. You didn't think heatstroke was good for public health? You must not care about children or Science.    We'll be back later this week with more topics & Maurice! In the meantime…    Amanda Discusses the She-cession on Fact Check This Podcast: https://anchor.fm/factcheckthis/episodes/Ep--137---The-She-cession-w-Amanda--Masha-e1ebrfa  Get Fact Checked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4QxzaPyXn4    Follow Civil Discord on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

This show was almost titled “Debasing the Dollar, Freebasing the Dime(bag),” but we have standards. We ask where U.S. institutions' have gone when it comes to the way they respond to the Chinese Communist Party. Next, Maurice gives a Business Insider article on inflation two thumbs down. NPR asks what color those thumbs are. Amanda explains why harm reduction is great and how the U.S. government is about to ruin it. PLUS: Stay tuned for a Special Announcement™ from Maurice!  Mentioned on the Show:    Chinese Artist's CCP Protest Art Is Anti-Asian Hate https://twitter.com/badiucao/status/1489807097730846724?s=21    Business Insider: Inflation is Not the Only Reason Prices Are Going up—It's Also Greed  https://www.businessinsider.com/how-measure-inflation-raise-prices-corporate-profits-supply-chain-2022-2?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab   NPR's Opposable Thumbs https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1078977416/race-chat-emoji-skin-tone-colors    Is the Biden Administration Distributing Crack Pipes?  https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity/  No, Really, Are They? https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-says-pipes-not-included-in-taxpayer-funded-crack-smoking-kits/    Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGpswHOCPO0JiqBHHANoxbw  Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, we comment on the evolving situations surrounding Joe Rogan's racial slur demo reel and the Canadian trucker convoy's removal from GoFundMe. Amanda compares taxpayer-funded healthcare to cheese sandwiches and shares some positive news from the California state legislature. We also compare COVID-19 to the flu—and the numbers aren't convenient for the totalitarian left. Finally, Maurice reviews a study from Based Johns Hopkins showing that lockdowns did a lot more harm than good.    The Latest on the Convoy: https://twitter.com/GhostOfGord/status/1490676246191161347    CA Says No to Shitty Cheese Sandwich Healthcare: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/california-scraps-single-payer-health-care-plan-double-state-taxes    COVID Policy vs. Reality Check: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10358361/Omicron-nearly-100-TIMES-deadly-seasonal-flu-scientists-believe.html    The Johns Hopkins Lockdown Study: https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGriff Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

This week, we cover Justice Breyer's impending retirement and review the rumors about a Kamala Harris SCOTUS appointment. Next, an aging musician boycotts a streaming service for platforming a pro-speech, big-pharma-skeptical comedian. Guess whose side the left is taking? We also tackle the CDC's crackpot assertion that natural immunity offered superior protection during the Delta wave and look at a Johns Hopkins study claiming that natural immunity lasts for at least as long as scientists have been tracking it. It's bonkers! Finally, Canadian truckers take to Parliament Hill; and Canadian Prime Minister Sir Justin Trudeau the Brave takes off.    Mentioned on the Show—   Breyer Retires: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-01-28/the-midterm-implications-of-breyers-retirement-supreme-courts-abortion-ruling    Ilya Shapiro Tweets, Invokes Ire: https://reason.com/2022/01/28/georgetown-should-not-fire-ilya-shapiro-for-a-bad-tweet/    CDC Says Natural Immunity Offered Better Protection During Delta Wave:  https://fee.org/articles/cdc-natural-immunity-offered-stronger-protection-against-covid-than-vaccines-during-delta-wave/    https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/natural-immunity-gets-another-boost-from-two-new-u-s-studies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natural-immunity-gets-another-boost-from-two-new-u-s-studies    Johns Hopkins Studies COVID-19 for Two Years, Finds Antibodies for Two Years: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/in-covid-19-vaccinated-people-those-with-prior-infection-likely-to-have-more-antibodies    Brave Sir Justin Runs Away: https://www.businessinsider.com/thousands-canada-protest-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-truckers-justin-trudeau-2022-1    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, we're breaking down all the highlights from Joe Biden's first press conference in 800 years, including his admission that Build Back Better will probably need to be broken apart and passed piecemeal… better; his call for the Fed to raise interest rates; his refusal to accept responsibility as well as reality; and his tacit invitation for Russia to invade Ukraine. Then we dive into Chamath Palihapitiya's comments about Uighur genocide and the questions they raise about free markets and foreign policy. Finally, Maurice has some thoughts on Starbucks!    Mentioned on the Show:   Amanda Didn't Lose a Debate  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN1aFPboQ8M    Fact Checking the Fact-Checkers on Coronavirus Origins https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/podcast/episode/44282f01/sars-cov-2-evidence-of-gain-of-function-and-lab-origin-with-amanda-griffiths-or-ep-641    Joe Biden's Press Confrenstrophy  https://nypost.com/2022/01/20/bidens-press-conference-was-terrifying-his-internal-monologue-said-out-loud/  https://nypost.com/2022/01/19/bidens-press-conference-was-an-utter-disaster/    Chamath Palihapitiya Says Uighurs Are ‘Below [His] Line' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbeHyN15HQE [starts @ 14:45]   Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

The Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government can't tell private sector employees what to put in their bodies—unless that private sector receives a lot of federal funding. What does that say about our medical autonomy in a hypothetical Medicare for All utopia? And why does Maurice have a problem with the Court's OSHA ruling? Next, Jon Ossoff and Josh Hawley have both introduced legislation to ban Congressional members and their families from trading stocks. Amanda explains why both bills would create new problems by ignoring existing ones.    Mentioned on the Show— Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on—and Partially Blocks—Vaccine Mandates: https://reason.com/2022/01/07/sotomayor-severe-covid-children-oral-arguments-vaccine-mandate/  https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a244_hgci.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a240_d18e.pdf   Jon Ossoff introduces legislation to ban Members of Congress & spouses from trading stocks https://www.businessinsider.com/josh-hawley-jon-ossoff-introduce-dueling-stock-trading-bans-2022-1    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

In a freewheeling episode full of Premium Content™, Maurice and Amanda commemorate January 6 by discussing the perils of hyperbole and debating Maurice's vision of a secessionist utopia. Maurice gives us a lesson on the history of Texas, prompting Amanda to give us a lesson on the history of her fourth grade class' EXTREMELY problematic Civil War unit—which took place during the early aughts and culminated in a water balloon-based reenactment. Next, we have Omicraziness updates from universities across the country (including UCLA) and general biofascism updates from governments abroad (namely Austria). How do they keep getting away with it? We explain.     Mentioned on the Show:       Academia Loses the Plot https://reason.com/2022/01/07/colleges-use-omicron-as-justification-for-shutdowns-and-surveillance/    Austria: the Next Australia https://eugyppius.substack.com/p/austria-plans-enormous-fines-incarceration    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

This week, Amanda shares her Lived Experience™ with Omicron, or the most anticlimactic cold ever. Then we discuss the Biden administration's pivot on COVID-19, along with Rochelle ‘Speaking in a Personal Capacity' Walensky's admission that PCR tests—which are being used to sideline workers and shutter schools as we speak—can be positive for up to 12 weeks post-infection. In order to illustrate the devastating consequences of relying on PCR-determined case rates to make academic and economic decisions, Amanda and Maurice review UCLA's woefully misguided ‘decision matrix,' which will likely force its 97% vaccinated student body in front of their screens for the next quarter. The two close with a light item: New Year's resolutions for libertarians.    Mentioned on the Show CDC, Biden Administration Pivot on COVID-19 Strategy: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/27/biden-says-covid-surge-needs-to-be-solved-at-state-level-vows-full-federal-support.html    https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s1227-isolation-quarantine-guidance.html    UCLA's Decision Matrix: https://ucla.app.box.com/s/mv32q624ojihohzh8d0mhhj0b3xluzbz    PCR Tests Can Be Positive Up to 12 Weeks After Infection, says Rochelle ‘Speaking in a Personal Capacity' Walensky: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-12-29/cdc-director-defends-not-recommending-coronavirus-tests-in-updated-isolation-quarantine-guidance    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, we discuss the shocking surprise that wasn't: Joe Manchin has refused to support the Build Back Better bill in its current form. We talk about the strategic pros and cons about party-line votes and then turn to the latest in public health fascism news: the New York legislature is getting ready to vote on a bill that's the equivalent of stop-and-frisk for COVID—only the frisk is internment, and the ‘stop' can involve forced medical treatment and be renewed continually over 90-day periods.    Mentioned on the Show: Joe vs. Joe on Build Back Better:  https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/586450-manchin-says-he-will-not-vote-for-build-back-better-this-is-a-no  https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/12/joe-manchin-build-back-better-no-fox-news-sunday.html    NY Bill A416: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/a416    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, Amanda is joined by special guests Nate Thurston and Charles Thompson from the Good Morning Liberty podcast. They talk about the challenges of privacy protection and the differences between the way corporations and governments use your data. Then we discuss what libertarians are doing right and wrong when it comes to communications and strategy: both among other libertarians, and between the left and the right. Nate reminds everyone Ron Paul was a Republican. Charlie talks about the difficulty of balancing the search for incremental wins with the satisfaction of sweeping policy reforms. Amanda isn't a Real Libertarian™.    Listen to the Good Morning Liberty podcast: www.goodmorningliberty.us/listen Check out the Good Morning Liberty blog and more: https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/  Follow Good Morning Liberty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoodAMLiberty    Follow Civil Discord on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow Civil Discord on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice 

Amanda and Maurice recap the week's two top self-defense verdicts and discuss where criminal justice reform can go from here. (Quite a long way, it turns out.) Then we return to COVID news from all around the world: Austria becomes the next Australia; OSHA backs off of its mandate;  the FDA decides it will release Pfizer trial data over the next… 54 years; and a new variant leaves us contemplating the horrors of asymptomatically spreading an asymptomatic virus.    Mentioned on the Show:    Police Open Fire on Austrian Protesters: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/police-netherlands-open-fire-covid-lockdown-protesters-european-nation-rcna6231    OSHA Says ‘Oh, Shucks': https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/582022-osha-suspends-enforcement-of-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-for-businesses    Reuters Blasts the FDA: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/wait-what-fda-wants-55-years-process-foia-request-over-vaccine-data-2021-11-18/    Twitter Flags Pfizer for Misinformation: https://twitter.com/HansGruber916/status/1462434365485498378    Gavin with the Good Hair's Perpetual State of Emergency: https://www.sfgate.com/california-politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-COVID-emergency-powers-16625463.php   SARS-CoV-2 or just : https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/new-symptomless-covid-strain-more-22218807    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice 

After Maurice makes a special announcement about Florida, we discuss the Kyle Rittenhouse self-defense case, from the perspective of two people who have actually been watching it. (Evidence: Amanda's residual accent is flaring up.) We discuss how our perceptions have changed from the initial event until now, share lawyerly perspectives on the outcome (hearsay), and review some of the more contentious elements of the trial, including pro-defendant claims about “doctored video footage”. (Does enhancing a video really “add pixels”?) We also explain how this case gets to the heart of the far left's views on private property.    Mentioned on the Show:    Florida is #1 in Low Case Rates! https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view    Amanda on Bicubic Interpolation: https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/zooming-in-on-pixelgate    Follow the show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, we break down the new OSHA workplace vaccine rule—and the immediate injunction filed against it. Then, our post-election analysis explores how Democratic strategists handed Republicans multiple victories in true blue states. Maurice gives his perspective as an educator. We also ask whether Republicans will fulfill the mandate voters gave them without going off the rails. Amanda discusses her second investigative piece on the NIH's involvement in gain-of-function research and the origins of SARS-CoV-2. (Spoiler alert: the evidence is coming from inside NIH's letter to the House).    Mentioned on the Show:  The NIH's Letter to Congress Reveals Less Than They Say, and More Than They Think https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/the-nih-s-letter-to-congress-reveals-less-than-they-say-and-more-than-they-think    A Rule and an Injunction https://www.wafb.com/2021/11/07/5th-circuit-court-appeals-suspends-bidens-vaccine-mandate/    VA Election Results by County, vs. 2020 Presidential Margins https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1049026183/virginia-governor-election-mcauliffe-youngkin    Follow the Show  on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

In breaking news this week, the NIH submitted a letter to Congress implicating its role in funding alleged gain-of-function research, carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, resulting in the creation of an exponentially more contagious virus with features similar to SARS-CoV-2. We reconstruct a timeline of the events—including a prior EcoHealth Alliance proposal to engineer SARS-CoV-2-sounding viruses and vaccinate wild bats—and ask: what did the NIH know and when did the NIH know it? We also report on the fact that, according to the NIH's website as of last week, gain-of-function research has never existed; but a totally different [and we're super careful about it] kind of research, called ePPP research, has. Then, in our-supply-chain-is-broken news, we discuss how the ongoing shipping bottleneck is a problem created by demand… for over-regulation.    Mentioned on the Show:   The Bare Minimum of Accountability: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/nih-admits-funding-risky-virus-research-in-wuhan    Herd Immunity Doesn't Exist and Neither Does Gain-of-Function: https://twitter.com/jeremyredfernfl/status/1451565600673828869?s=12    Supply Chain Bottleneck Problems and Solutions:  https://twitter.com/typesfast/status/1451543776992845834    Follow Civil Discord on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow Civil Discord on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

In Woke News this week, former NFL coach Jon Gruden resigned in disgrace over some marginally distasteful statements made in some very old emails. Does this count as ‘cancel culture'? What is ‘cancel culture'? Then, in Federalism News, some state governors are banning vaccine mandates and confusing libertarians who aren't sure whether it's ever okay for governors to ban anything. Amanda has a theory to reconcile the libertarian pragmatics and ethics of the issue. Next, workplace walk-offs continue apace! Maurice analogizes the current situation to the many libertarian lessons hidden in Disney's ‘A Bug's Life'. Finally, China: will they or won't they [blow up the world]?    Mentioned in the Show: Jon Gruden Resigns in Disgrace https://www.google.it/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/sports/football/what-did-jon-gruden-say.amp.html  Governors Against Mandates https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/texas-vaccine-mandate-ban-likely-be-trumped-by-federal-law-could-cause-2021-10-13/  Workplace Walk-Offs: Chicago PD https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/many-chicago-police-could-walk-off-job-over-vaccine-mandates/vi-AAPz1iD  You Are Not Free to Move About the Country https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2021/10/12/cancellations-vaccines-and-lawsuits-how-the-pandemic-has-fractured-love-between-southwest-unions/  China Better Have a Landing Path Programmed for the Armed Flight https://www.ft.com/content/b14925de-839d-4373-acaa-821128e41e30    Follow Civil Discord on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  Follow Civil Discord on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast Follow Amanda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  Follow Maurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice

Today, we tackle what Congress won't: the debt ceiling! We also break down what Congress won't: the incredible expanding spending bill that Pays For Itself(™) by tracking Venmo accounts of service workers, taxing you to help pay for better tax enforcement, and conducting studies about what else we could tax in the future (like driving!). Then we talk about a wave of workplace walk-offs grounding flights and depleting the service sector. We also analyze the racial scandal that wasn't, in which a white woman allegedly told a black man to ‘stay in your hood' during a fight—right after he'd mentioned he was from another area.    Mentioned on the show:  The U.S. National Debt Clock: https://www.usdebtclock.org/  Everything is Infrastructure: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cbo-estimates-infrastructure-bill-would-add-256-billion-to-deficits-11628196739   Follow @CivilDiscordPod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  @CivilDiscordPodcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/civildiscordpodcast/  @AjaxtheGryff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  @CallmeMaurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice/    

On this Very Special Episode of Civil Discord, Amanda talks with the founder of the Australian Liberty Network and host of the Gumtree of Liberty Podcast about Australia's COVID policies and prospects for liberty. We review the scope of Australia's totalitarianism, discuss regional variations in both politics and policy, and talk about why (and, practically speaking, how) change needs to come from the grassroots. Come for the updates on ‘COVID camps,' hear about why Australia's gun buy-backs were a symptom—not the cause—of the country's COVID tyranny, and stick around to explore some solutions.    Mentioned on the Show:   Australian Gun Laws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_of_Australia  David Limbrick on Liberty Lockdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9_D4YhSh6k    @LibertyDownUndr on Twitter: https://twitter.com/libertydownundr  @AusLibNetwork on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AusLibNetwork  @LibertyDownUnder on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libertydownunder/  The Aussie Liberty Network On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4vHVgOcB63JVSwi39gYgg  Bookmark: https://australianliberty.network/    Subscribe to the Gumtree of Liberty Podcast on your finest podcasting platforms and watch them stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4vHVgOcB63JVSwi39gYgg/playlists    @CivilDiscordPod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CivilDiscordPod  @AjaxtheGryff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff  @callmeMaurice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callmemaurice/

Today, we cover Republicans and Democrats joining forces in opposition against the right to bear arms with the passage of a new red flag gun confiscation act. (Wait until you hear the Republicans' excuse for co-signing the legislation.) Next, we cover Reps. Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and Massie joining forces in opposition against funding Israel's Iron Dome—but for very different reasons. Then, Amanda and Maurice debate joining forces with BLM in opposition of New York's vaccine passports; and ask why politicians only care about empowering minorities when they're voting to empower politicians. Finally, we end with a light item: In 2017, the CIA considered assassinating and/or kidnapping Julian Assange as well as changing the definition of a ‘journalist' so that they could prosecute Glenn Greenwald!     We Discuss:   The House's Red Flag Confiscation Fiasco—https://www.google.it/amp/s/bearingarms.com/camedwards/2021/09/23/dems-slip-red-flag-provision-into-military-spending-bill-n50265/amp   Not All ‘No' Votes Are Created Equal   BLM Protests Vaccine Mandates—https://www.google.it/amp/s/www.blackenterprise.com/leader-of-black-lives-matter-new-york-chapter-calls-vaccine-mandates-racist-and-disrespectful/amp/   Former CIA Official: “We tried to change the definition of [journalists], and I preached this to the White House, and got rejected.”—https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html   Follow the Show & the Hosts On Twitter @CivilDiscordPod & @AjaxtheGryff [Amanda] On Instagram @CivilDiscordPodcast & @CallmeMaurice [Maurice]

Today, Amanda shares a story about voting in person to recall Gavin with the Good Hair before we dive into President Biden recalling monoclonal antibody aid from Florida in the interest of “equity”. Next, Maurice explains how parents can organize to recall mask mandates at public schools; and we discuss the most likely scenarios by which the school and university mask mandates will end—mass[k] exodus? Midterms? The threat of midterms? Mass[k] de facto non-enforcement? Finally, we conclude with a light item, and ask whether our next geopolitical powers will be in South America and Africa.  Biden cuts off monoclonal antibody support to Florida because ‘equity' https://www.google.it/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/09/14/biden-covid-antibody-treatments-511825    Masking children: against science, against the rest of the world https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/the-science-of-masking-kids-at-school-remains-uncertain.html    Follow the Show & Follow the Hosts: On Twitter—@CivilDiscordPod & @AjaxtheGryff [Amanda]  On Instagram—@CivilDiscordPodcast & @CallmeMaurice [Maurice]

This week, unconstitutional new legislation takes aim at bodily autonomy by pitting U.S. citizens against each other. No, we aren't talking about the federal COVID injection mandate—we're talking about the Texas abortion law! Okay: we're talking about both. We're also talking about something no one else is: the FOIA'd emails showing that, via taxpayer money, the NIH funded Wuhan Institute of Virology research used “to identify and alter bat coronaviruses likely to infect humans”. Then we discuss the mounting social and legal resistance to mandated medical treatment—including a lawsuit filed in the People's Republic of California!   Want $10,000? Sue Someone Who's Just Had an Abortion! https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/10/texas-abortion-law-ban-enforcement/    Want $599,000? Perform Gain-of-Function Research on Bat Coronaviruses! https://theintercept.com/2021/09/06/new-details-emerge-about-coronavirus-research-at-chinese-lab/    Want to Not be Fined $14,000 Per Unvaccinated Employee? Hashtag Resist! https://katv.com/news/nation-world/california-professor-sues-university-over-vaccine-mandate-citing-natural-immunity-09-01-2021    Follow the Show On Twitter: @CivilDiscordPod On Instagram: @CivilDiscordPodcast   Follow the Hosts On Twitter: @AjaxtheGryff [Amanda] On Instagram: @CallmeMaurice [Maurice]

Today's episode is a quickie. We reminisce about the days when the left was skeptical of Big Pharma's motives by covering an absolute debacle of a story that appeared in Rolling Stone and several other major publications—including The Hill—about how Oklahoma hospitals are turning away gunshot victims to treat Ivermectin overdoses. As it turns out, every detail of this story was fabricated. How did the entire journalistic profession fail to make the single phone call that would have vetted their source? How did they fail to confirm the (also debunked) article about 70% of Mississippi poison center calls being related to Ivermectin? (Spoiler alert: it's 2%). What's really behind the smear campaign around ivermectin? Whether it works against COVID or not, the surge in mainstream misinformation surrounding it is revealing. Is it a profit motive issue, an ideological issue, or something else?    Check out Civil Discord on Where's the Purple Podcast, discussing anarcho-capitalist vs. civil libertarian solutions to national defense, taxation, and more! https://open.spotify.com/episode/56y2CvoCt7uL2uBYBIqSWP?si=MbfRmpe6RueaBNT3B2GcDg&dl_branch=1&nd=1    Amanda has screenshots of the Rolling Stone article after its first correction, including the hospital system's comment, which the original article did not solicit: https://twitter.com/AjaxtheGryff/status/1434360800240537606   70% Rhymes with 2%: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Health-Dept-Stop-taking-livestock-medicine-to-16405982.php    Follow the Podcast— On Instagram: @CivilDiscordPodcast On Twitter: @CivilDiscordPod   Follow the Hosts— On Instagram: @callmeMaurice On Twitter: @AjaxtheGryff

This week, we welcome our first-ever guest, Jim M., co-host of the “Ignore the Rant” podcast! We discuss the merits and disadvantages of activist movements versus incremental shifts when it comes to achieving socio-political change. Jim asks whether “the liberty movement” is (or should be) a long-term, “slow-moving movement; or something that needs a high-energy burst” to actuate cultural and policy goals.    Amanda criticizes libertarians' and anarchists' aversion to organized activism, and shares how to combine PR brief-writing strategies with revolutionary movements. Maurice points out the symbiotic yet tense relationship between political institutions and protest wings. Jim makes the case for subversive tactics, uses the word “Machiavellian” in a sentence, and triggers Amanda to Amanda-splain Machiavelli.    Follow Ignore the Rant! On Apple and all major podcast platforms:    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ignore-the-rant/id1523138371 On Instagram: ignoretherant_podcast   Catch Civil Discord on Good Morning Liberty! https://twitter.com/GoodAMLiberty/status/1430897713009233939    Follow Civil Discord On Twitter: @CivilDiscordPod  On Instagram: @CivilDiscordPodcast   Follow the Hosts On Twitter: @AjaxtheGryff (Amanda) On Instagram: @CallmeMaurice (Maurice)

  Australia is a scarier place than we like to admit. There are definitely dinosaurs (they call them cassowaries), paralytic octopuses, immigrant detention black sites, internment camps (they call them ‘Centers for National Resilience'), and… fascists. Lots and lots of fascists. With very few civilian firearms. So… now that we're out of Afghanistan, do we bring democracy to Australia instead?    We Discuss:  What, if anything, is the logic behind Australia's totalitarianism? Why is ‘COVID Zero' a doomed policy objective, even if you're an island nation? Why aren't we comfortable condemning Australia? What, if anything, can Australians do to hashtag resist? What, if anything, is the international community's obligation? Who has the nukes?   Today's Stories: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/07/30/1022685816/australia-sydney-lockdown-covid-coronavirus-troops   https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/21/asia/australia-covid-worst-day-intl-hnk/index.html   https://www.theblaze.com/news/australia-council-shoot-dogs-dead-lockdowns   This is an Australian Dinosaur, and It Will Eat You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-9Z2KrjsY    Amanda on the Good Morning Liberty Podcast, making the libertarian case for kicking everyone's ass: https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/podcast/episode/1a2582e2/a-libertarian-foreign-policy-with-amanda-griffiths-or-ep-529    Follow the Show: On Twitter @CivilDiscordPod On Instagram @CivilDiscordPodcast    Follow Amanda on Twitter @AjaxtheGryff Follow Maurice on Instagram @CallmeMaurice

This week, we start with Afghanistan and move on to our broader critiques of U.S. foreign policy (and its discontents!). Maurice is an anarchist. Amanda is a civil libertarian, a Zionist, and a recovering neo-con. We thought it would be interesting to talk through recent events and see where we agreed—and diverged.    We Discuss: The nuances of the non-aggression principle What does the NAP look like when you're pulling out of a country you invaded?  Was the mission in Afghanistan always doomed? If not, what doomed it? Trying to work nation-state institutions into a city-state paradigm  Forever wars, isolationism, and false binaries Why great power competition matters The cases for and against bases (in foreign countries)   Follow the Podcast & Hosts On Twitter: @civildiscordpod  @ajaxthegryff    On Instagram: @civildiscordpodcast  @callmemaurice 

In this episode, we revisit a tale of two Karens: Amy Cooper, a white woman who called the police on a black man in Central Park; and Christian Cooper, a black man who argued for greater Central Park police presence in response to off-leash dog-walkers. A recent report from Kmele Foster provides additional background on Amy's 911 call, on the moments before and after her videotaped confrontation with Christian, and—yes—why she claims she warned him that she was going to tell the police “an African-American man is threatening my life.”    We Discuss:  What are the most charitable explanations for both Amy and Christian's actions? What are the most cynical? Bad decisions and bad excuses  Why don't journalists like to do their jobs? How has the credibility shifted? What questions are left outstanding?  The Court of Law vs. The Court of Public Opinion    The Original Video of Karen vs. Karen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FByIEijXI  Kmele Foster & Bari Weiss Revisit the Story: https://www.honestlypod.com/podcast/episode/256bac0b/the-real-story-of-the-central-park-karen  A Pattern of Behavior from Christian: https://twitter.com/kmele/status/1423377085729447938 A Pattern of Behavior from Amy: https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/1423259114885599245

Maurice, Civil Discord's Official Texas Correspondent, reports on Texas Democrats' trip to D.C. and explains why spending 1.5 million taxpayer dollars is necessary to protect Texans' voting rights. Next, Amanda, Civil Discord's Official People's Republic of California Correspondent, reports on the Los Angeles Department of Public Health's indoor mask mandate and explains why unelected bureaucrats are able to pass extra-legal orders without even demonstrating that a state emergency even exists. Finally, both hosts break down Dr. Rand Paul's latest exchange with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Official Science Correspondent and Officially The Science, and explain why the best thing to do when you're caught in a lie is to deny and deflect. Amanda makes a formal apology to Edward Snowden.    We Discuss:  Texas Democrats' Super Spreader Getaway: https://bigbendsentinel.com/2021/07/14/as-a-group-of-texas-democratic-lawmakers-flee-to-dc-to-protest-republican-efforts-to-overhaul-voting-rights-rep-morales-stays-behind/  https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/08/texas-voting-bill-special-session   California #Resistance: This is not a law LA County Sheriff's Statement on Indoor Mask Mandates: “Forcing the vaccinated and those who already contracted COVID-19 to wear masks indoors is not backed by science and contradicts the [CDC] guidelines. …[T]he underfunded/defunded Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will not expend our limited resources [enforcing the mandate]. ...We encourage the DPH to work collaboratively with the Board of Supervisors and law enforcement to establish mandates that are both achievable and supported by science.” At the time the LA mandate went into effect, the rolling 7-day average of COVID deaths across the entire state was… nine people.  Manipulating Data: Numbers vs. Percentages  Gavin with the Good Hair's intensifying recall woes    When Gain of Function Isn't Gain of Function: ​​Gain of Function Meets Death of the Author: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYoy4MBezHE  Complete Hearing Transcript: https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/fauci-walensky-covid-19-response-testimony-senate-hearing-transcript-july-20  Freedom Toons' Parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k93WOUeZFX4&feature=youtu.be

Today, we open with a light item—a viral TikTok video—and engage in some cultural commentary. Next, we break down a new executive order that aims at promoting free-market competition by creating a central body staffed with career bureaucrats. Speaking of free markets, the Biden administration is flagging Facebook posts for misinformation and encouraging platforms to unilaterally ban bad actors—calling into question just how much lawmakers care about antitrust violations. After critiquing both the left and the right's attempts to compromise Section 230, we explain how civilians can create and migrate to a truly distributed web ecosystem—with or without Section 230. Finally, we break down the furor over billionaire space travel. Amanda makes a formal apology to the nation.    We Discuss: Why We Can't Have Nice Things:  https://www.tiktok.com/@halliegaltok/video/6984276454884248837?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1    Free Markets, Federal [Mis]management:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/07/09/executive-order-on-promoting-competition-in-the-american-economy/ ​​https://reason.com/2021/07/09/joe-bidens-executive-order-on-promoting-competition-covers-everything-from-farmers-markets-to-net-neutrality/    Cronyism vs. Capitalism:  Amanda on Cronyism vs. Capitalism: https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/post/when-is-a-private-company-no-longer-a-private-company-cronyism-vs-capitalism?postId=dd8c2f81-2725-496a-88f2-3575157b3237  Republicans against Section 230: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/15/house-republicans-outline-principles-for-reforming-section-230.html Democrats against Section 230: https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/7/22/22588829/amy-klobuchar-health-misinformation-act-section-230-covid-19-facebook-twitter-youtube-social-media  The platform web vs. the distributed web: https://ipfs.io/    Billionaires in Space; Rockets of Unusual Shape:

Maurice and Amanda debunk and decipher President Biden's latest remarks about the second amendment and… the tree of liberty? Next, your hosts split on airstrikes in the Middle East, discuss a case study in cronyism vs. capitalism (with special guest, Bernie Sanders!), and review the state of unvaccinated America.  We Discuss:  President Biden's cryptic comments about the second amendment (yes, you could own a cannon) and… using nukes on U.S. citizens?  Systemically racist gun laws Whether last week's airstrikes were justified; and the United States' evolving role in the Middle East (Maurice is angry, and Amanda is making both libertarians and neo-cons angry)  Emergency Use Authorizations and medical monopolies A big tech alarmism analogy, starring Amanda as Bernie Sanders Universities requiring COVID-19 vaccinations; and knowing your rights

  In this Very Special Episode of Civil Discord, Maurice and Amanda do a deep dive into Critical Race Theory—what it is, what it isn't, where it comes from, and where it's going. Amanda works in critical theory and explains CRT in academia; and Maurice discusses how CRT shows up in the wild. Plus, stay tuned for Maurice's PSA on Juneteenth!    We Discuss:  The distinction between Critical Theory and Critical Race Theory Why Foucault was not a Critical Race Theorist; and why the poststructuralist left is radically different from the woke left The six main tenets of CRT How CRT is a self-admitted offshoot of Hegelian, Marxian, and Leninist ideology… but only the lamest parts The Negation of the Negation  CRT and anticapitalism CRT: Anti-white, or white supremacist?  CRT as anti-Critical Theory Where CRT shows up in policy A libertarian approach to CRT in our schools  Maurice's thoughts on Marvel Comics and Juneteenth   Recommended Reading and Listening from Your Hosts: John McWhorter's takedown of Ibram Kendi [or, Ibram Kendi's takedown of himself]: https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter/status/1401719805875458048  Darkness at Noon: A light, fictional romp 17x more prescient than 1984: https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-at-Noon-Arthur-Koestler/dp/1416540261  ‘Harrison Bergeron': Another prophetic short story that's all about equity  http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html  The Real Lincoln: The book that explains why Maurice is not our 16th president's #1 fan https://www.amazon.com/Real-Lincoln-Abraham-Agenda-Unnecessary/dp/0761526463 

El Salvador Accepts BTC as Legal Tender! Now What?  https://decrypt.co/73125/el-salvador-approves-bitcoin-law-btc-is-legal-tender  We Discuss:  Merchants (including Tesla) operating in El Salvador now have to accept Bitcoin as payment.  What does this mean for capital gains taxes? Independent contractors with U.S. citizenship who are paid for services in El Salvador? Where is our amicus brief? Get excited.  Why are Latin American countries leading the charge? DeFi vs. CeFi vs. C-Sharp-Fi, and the global financial ecosystem Why the revolution will not be centralized Amanda & Maurice on rules without rulers Why does Elizabeth Warren hate sustainable currency mined with sustainable energy? https://www.coindesk.com/volcano-powered-bitcoin-mining-goes-from-twitter-idea-to-state-policy-in-el-salvador  Amanda recommends: Raoul Pal on the Exponential Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJrla31t8I    Gavin with the Good Hair: Loves Platitudes, Hates Science https://deadline.com/2021/06/gavin-newsom-state-of-emergency-californis-june-15-1234769594/  We Discuss: Gavin's good hair Why you should care about Friday headlines The pandemic that wasn't (more than a few months long)  Increased deaths from things that aren't Covid: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-finds-deaths-heart-disease-diabetes-climbed-amid-covid-u-n1270260 Policies that would have actually helped people of color Maurice explains: Policies that would have actually helped people of color