Straight Talk With Kim & Carolyn

Kim and Carolyn are joined by Rep. Cheryl Acton (UT-38) to discuss her online subscriptions bill, medical visitation rights, and other legislation. - https://www.votecherylacton.com/

Kim and Carolyn talk to Rep. Walt Brooks (UT-75) about legislation he's working on including a bill to restrict the use and enforcement of vaccine passports by businesses.  Newcomer Rep. Katy Hall (UT-11) joined Kim and Carolyn to speak about her proposed legislation that restricts the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in municipal elections.  https://www.waltbrooks.com/ Vote Katy Hall

Multiple rounds of voting and McCarthy can't secure the US House speakership, an attempt to oust Ronna Romney McDaniels. Salt Lake County GOP Chair Chris Null joins Kim and Carolyn to discuss the fight for the heart of the Party. https://slcogop.com/

Since Paris Hilton visited the Utah legislature advocating for reform of adolescent residential treatment centers, Utah regulators have been swift to sanction and shut down. But does the broad-brush vilification have unintended consequences of pushing girls onto the street and into the sex traficking industry? https://www.havenwoodacademy.org/ https://natsap.org/

Rep. Ken Ivory (UT-39) joins Kim and Carolyn to talk about a plethora of plans the Democrats and the far left have to transform life in Utah. Will Rocky Mountain Power be able to provide electricity to Utah after 2026? Is the federal government intent on taking over millions more acres of public land? Will Biden invoke a Climate Emergency declaration?  https://www.voteivory.com/ https://www.facebook.com/VoteKenIvory

Failed liberal policies, waste, fraud and abuse have prolonged human suffering in our capital city. Kim gives a brief history lesson on the failure of Utah to effectively address homelessness resulting in a revolving door for addicts and the mentally ill. Then, Kim and Carolyn are joined by Dawn Armstrong who is a stalwart advocate for homeless youth.

Utah computer scientist Jiri Navratil joins Kim and Carolyn to discuss ranked-choice voting (RCV) and Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). His curiosity led him to run analyses on a number of Utah municpal races that incorporated RCV in 2021 and discovered several shocking statistics. Navratil has published an academic paper about it. https://bit.ly/UtahRCVElections

Clinical and Community psychologist and author Jacob Hess joins Kim and Carolyn to discuss recent studies indicating antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications join with Alzheimer's and COVID-19 pharmaceutical research misinformation, exacerbating waning trust in the FDA. Hess sheds light on why mental health medications have not been the promised cure and offers real solutions for alleviating symptoms of depression. https://publicsquaremag.org/author/jhess/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0080K3KTA/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083LFZBD7/

Michael Jolley recently moved his family to Georgia but he's still active in Utah politics by hilariously pointing out contradictions, inaccuracies, and flat-out lies peddled by leftist journalists and politicos. Our favorite Salt Lake Tribune garbageman, Bryan Schott, was a Jolley target after Schott (wrongly) identified a symbol painted a high school rock monument as being associated with violent right-wing militia groups in a recent article. Jolley has also spent time researching US senate candidate (and former presidential hopeful) Evan McMullin and shares his fascinating (and disturbing) discoveries. https://twitter.com/utjolley https://ciamcmullin.com/

Kim and Carolyn discuss two developments in Salt Lake County. First, the county council voted to hire a social media "Brand Manager" at an unbudgeted annual cost to taxpayers of between $160k and $220k. Second, the Salt Lake County Library system is asking for a whopping 30 percent hike in tax revenues.

Kim and Carolyn revisit a targeted conservative high school club instructed to remove USA from their official name and promote socialism.  Back with reinforcement from the Alliance Defending Freedom, Turning Point (USA) at Copper Hills High School president Matt Parkinson and attorney Matthew Hoffman give an update on their efforts to have Jordan School District respect their freedom of speech.   Kim and Carolyn also discuss problems with the same district's proposal to impose a 23% tax increase. https://www.instagram.com/tpusa_at_copper_hills_high/ https://adflegal.org/ https://adflegal.org/biography/mathew-hoffmann https://stopthejsdtaxhike.nationbuilder.com/  

Kim and Carolyn speak with W. Clark Aposhian, president of the Utah Shooting Sports Council about some stories out of Deleware and Missouri where ATF or local law enforcement is trying to get citizens to divulge information about firearms they own. Clark explains the privacy safeguards in place in Utah. Kim and Carolyn also spoke with Sen. Kirk Cullimore who is a practicing attorney and serves on the state Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee. Kirk explains the way Supreme Court nominations take place in Utah and some of the potential deficiencies with this process.    https://utahshootingsportscouncil.org/ https://www.facebook.com/gunradioutah https://www.facebook.com/VoteKirkCullimore/

Rep. Robert Spendlove (Utah House district 49) joins Kim and Carolyn to discuss how inflation affects, well, everything from households, businesses, and government organizations.  - https://spendloveforutah.com/

Jake Oaks of Liberty United joins Kim and Carolyn to discuss the recent FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas. He also describes his own journey to becoming an activist focused on the US Constitution.  Rusty Cannon, president of the Utah Taxpayers Association, joins Kim and Carolyn to discuss the incredible NINETY tax increases being proposed across the state of Utah. He explains what concerned residents need to do.   https://www.freedomfest.com/ https://utahtaxpayers.org/ https://unitingliberty.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/libertyunite  

Shortages of different kinds of food and energy are beginning to happen across the country and the world. What is being done here in Utah to protect access to these valuable resources?   Puite County councilman Darin Bushman joins Kim and Carolyn to talk about plans to create an "agri-park" for direct producer-to-consumer processing of meat products, bypassing the "big four" meat processing companies, some of which are owned by large foreign entities.   The co-chair of the Utah Legislature Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee, Carl Albrecht, talked with Kim and Carolyn about the state's energy policies, what kind of energy resources are available inside of Utah, and what challenges we can expect to deal with in the near future.   https://house.utleg.gov/rep/ALBRECR/ https://le.utah.gov/committee/committee.jsp?year=2022&com=INTPUT Carl Albrecht on Facebook Darin Bushman on Facebook

In 2020, SB174 was passed by the Utah legislature and signed into law by the governor. This legislation outlined a trigger law that would make elective abortion illegal in Utah if and when the US Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade. Well, that happened and Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, the floor sponsor of the bill, has gotten more than an earful from Utahns and people outside of Utah about it.  https://karianne.org/ https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/sb0174.html

US Senator Mike Lee joins Kim and Carolyn on the eve of the Utah primary election to discuss recent United States Supreme Court rulings, the country's glaring ignorance of basic civics, and his favorite libertarian Rush lyrics.  https://leeforsenate.com/ https://www.centerstreet.com/titles/mike-lee/saving-nine/9781546002208/

Kim and Carolyn are joined by Connie Peterson of Armed Women of America to discuss Salt Lake City's recent gun buyback event.  Goud Maragani is running for Salt Lake County Clerk and has done considerable work already on the issue of election integrity.  - https://armedwomen.org/ - https://utahgunexchange.com/ - https://goud4clerk.com/ - https://slcogop.com/slcogop-election-integrity-report/

Barbara Ehardt is the Idaho legislator who passed the first legislation in the nation to protect women in sports. She was a college and youth basketball coach for many years and has significant experience in the area. She has since been working with many states around the nation who have been passing similar bills and she gives Kim and Carolyn an update on her work nationwide and the progress of the lawsuit filed immediately after the passage of her bill. In Utah, recently, two families filed lawsuits against the state for HB 11, Protecting Women in Sports. Kera Birkeland is the sponsor of HB 11 and talks to Kim and Carolyn about her background and the latest news.  Kim and Carolyn also discuss the Utah Debate Commission and their inappropriate social media content.

Carolyn Phippen, Sheldon Stewart, and Kim DelGrosso handily won their convention races but because of Utah's lame provision for signature gathering, we've all been forced into dealing with primary races for these elected offices. Kim, Carolyn, and some guy named Kurk Evans talk to these candidates officially endorsed by the Salt Lake County Republican Party about their races. https://www.carolynforutahhouse.com/ https://sheldon4u.com/ https://www.kimdelgrosso.com/

Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council joins Kim & Carolyn to talk about how the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution is faring under President Biden and how Utah's gunowners are doing. https://utahshootingsportscouncil.org/

Cari Bartholomew of Blexit Utah joins Kim & Carolyn and shares her story of escaping the Pacific Northwest to Utah only to find many of the same woke ideologies alive and well here. Rep. Ken Ivory joins to discuss the stupendous problem of indecent and pornographic materials in children's schools and how the state's assistant attorney general issued a memo to schools about this problem and completely got it wrong. Martin's Daughter (Cari's YouTube channel) Laverna In The Library FB page http://stoputahporn.com/ https://www.voteivory.com/

Utah is going a little Virginia. What made a group of moms put down their pitchforks and work to take over the State Board of Education? Kim Delgrosso and Melanie Mortensen discuss what pushed them over the edge and what they plan to do when they win. https://www.facebook.com/KimForUtahSchools https://www.kimdelgrosso.com/ https://www.facebook.com/VoteMelanieMortensen/ https://www.votemelanie.org/

DA candidate Danielle Ahn discusses current soft-on-crime county DA Gill, escalating murders and violence, rampant sexual assault in homeless shelters, unpunished property crimes, and a Capitol city that rivals Gotham. Danielle also talks about the unprecedented nature of the recent public leak of a draft decision from the US Supreme Court and the impact on the last of our previously trusted institutions. https://www.da4da.com/

SL Tribune warns the far right wing extremists have taken over the GOP (again?!) Kim and Carolyn interview top candidates who upset incumbents at the recent State GOP Convention and assess the current electoral climate and the clear mandates for action from lawmakers.   https://www.chrisherrod.com/ https://Votetrevorlee.com/ https://house.utleg.gov/rep/PETERM/ https://www.facebook.com/restoreyourvoiceutah

Utah is home to the Golden Spike National Historic Park, the site in Box Elder County where the two converging sides of the transcontinental railroad met, connecting the East Coast and West Coast via rail. A 45 foot golden spike monument is being built by I-15 to welcome visitors as they venture to the historic site. Stan Summers also discusses other aspects of his county including an incredibly diverse bird refuge, Crystal Hot Springs, the world's largest natural hot spring with pools as hot as 134 degrees, an abundance of natural and agricultural resources, and concerns about growth and property rights.   https://www.crystalhotsprings.net/ https://www.boxeldercounty.org/ https://www.nps.gov/gosp/ https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bear-river-migratory-bird

A recent article by Salt Lake Tribune editorial writer Robert Gehrke (shockingly) proclaimed that Layton representative Steve Handy getting clobbered at convention by Trevor Lee is proof the Republican party is quickly moving to embrace "fringe..., frothing, radicalized ... strident, conspiracy-peddling candidates." https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/04/03/radicalization-davis/

SCOTUS ruled political parties can protect themselves from “party raiding,” when members of one party register to vote in another party in order to influence the outcome. State GOP Chair Carson Jorgensen talks about the brazen efforts this year to infiltrate caucuses and primaries and the key Republican leaders encouraging it. https://utgop.org/ https://www.facebook.com/UTGOP

State Treasurer Marlo Oaks warns of the insidious and often hidden use of scores investment entities give you based on your "environmental, social and governmental" impacts. When democrats failed to pass the radical Green New Deal, they worked to embed its ideals into banking and lending practices and eventually into corporate board rooms, like Blackrock. US News: "The environmental component of an ESG score considers a company's carbon emissions, energy consumption and whether it is working to address climate change. The social component takes into account the diversity within the company and employee satisfaction. Last, the governance part evaluates the company's board diversity, executive pay, corporate culture and business ethics, among other things." Treasurer Oaks explains what he is doing to ensure public investment funds do not support this and what you can do to make sure your investment dollars are not funding these practices that will ultimately destroy the US economy and your personal finances. https://treasurer.utah.gov/ https://www.facebook.com/TreasurerOaks https://www.facebook.com/voteforoaks/

Republicans fail to pass widely supported conservative legislation. Kim and Carolyn discuss wins and losses and the election year lack of courage. Carolyn has an announcement.

Free speech on campus (the lack thereof) rears its ugly head once again in the Jordan School District! Sophomore and president of a pro-America club joins Kim and Carolyn to discuss the club being ordered to remove offensive posters and kicked out of the commons. What shocking, offensive sayings were on these posters? "Socialism sucks!" was one. https://www.instagram.com/tpusa_at_copper_hills_high/ https://tpusa.com/donate/ (Donations can be given "in honor of" the TPUSA club at Copper Hills High School using the above link.) 

Ep.16: A citizen dragged out of cmte and handcuffed! People unlawfully barred from attendance. Legislative leadership wrongfully forced citizens to choose between their right to freedom of expression and their right to attend public meetings. Thomas Berry of CATO Inst. discusses this constitutional misstep.  - https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry - https://twitter.com/thomas_a_berry - https://rumble.com/vw90oo-man-forcefully-removed-handcuffed-cited-and-detained-for-wearing-the-we-the.html - https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/03/03/utah-senate-leaders-call/ Last week Speaker of the House Brad Wilson announced to a standing room only of spectators in the House of Representatives Gallery a prohibition on "signs or any kind of visual signage demonstrating support or opposition to a bill. So I just asked the green coats to make sure we are not wearing or showing any signage relative to any piece of legislation."   https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry https://twitter.com/thomas_a_berry https://rumble.com/vw90oo-man-forcefully-removed-handcuffed-cited-and-detained-for-wearing-the-we-the.html https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/03/03/utah-senate-leaders-call/

Rep. Mark Strong discusses HB 387, his election integrity bill that increases transparency in the election process and another bill that makes adjustments in campaign financial disclosure deadlines for municipal races. https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0387.html

Donors to the Truckers Convoy were doxxed in a serious crime against their protected speech, exposing them to risk of physical, professional and social harm. The SLTrib went after Utah donors, not to investigate a crime story, but to harass them for their donations. The Trib has sunk to a new low, and the reporter should be fired.   SLC is competing with Seattle for worst homeless policies? Forty years of failed democratice approach and the adoption of the Housing First initiative have resulted in extreme human suffering and the decline of a once beautiful and vibrant capital city. Michele Steeb, author of Answers Behind the Red Door, Battling the Homeless Epidemic, shares her most recent findings and what must happen to turn this around.   https://www.texaspolicy.com/homelessness-what-is-fueling-the-u-s-crisis/ https://texaspolicy.com https://ifs.org

Ep. 13: Social credit scores/ESG - Rep. Cheryl Acton   Banks are looking to use more than a credit score to determine your worthiness for receiving loans. Social credit scores or ESG (Environmental, Social Justice, Governance) ratings are exactly the kind of thing the Chinese government has instituted to keep their people in check. Rep. Cheryl Acton's bill (HB 431) aims to prevent Utah banks from going down this road.   - https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0431.html - https://www.votecherylacton.com/

Ep. 12: Utah condemns China's atrocities; Lobbyists running campaigns- a growing problem in UT   Human atrocities inflicted on millions of Chinese citizens, while the Communist Chinese Party currently ruling the People's Republic have infused millions of dollars into American education institutions on condition that schools sanitize its past and current human rights abuses. While China hosts the Olympics, which some refer to as the Genocide Games, Rep. Brady Brammer is sponsoring a resolution condemning the horrific treatment of Uighurs and the increasing tyranny imposed on the citizens of Hong Kong.   Powerful lobbying firms have created one-stop political shops. They will recruit candidates, gather signatures to qualify candidates for the ballot, manage and consult for the campaign, and then benefit from the indebtedness of the elected officials they place in office when its time to lobby. It's been said "Utah hasn't met a conflict it doesn't like." Rep. Phil Lyman has a bill to clean up Utah's newest dirty industry.    - https://www.facebook.com/RepBradyBrammer - https://www.facebook.com/Phil.Lyman.SanJuanCountyCommissioner - https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HCR006.html - https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0285.html - https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0414.html

BONUS VENT EPISODE!! Kim & Carolyn are just a little ticked off.   Salt Lake Tribune reporter Bryan Schott commits the unforgivable press sin of re-victimizing crime victims; Republican senators who walk out on vital votes; Did Gov. Cox delusionarily forget he is no longer a legislator?

California-based attorney John W. Howard joins Kim & Carolyn for an AMAZING discussion about legal cases against employers and the federal government regarding vaccine mandates.   Brandon Beckham is a Utah Republican who just finished a documentary on the dangers of Critical Race Theory (CRT). It's called "Identity Marxism" and it's available online RIGHT NOW! Carolyn has seen it and says it's awesome!   - https://jwhowardattorneys.com/ - https://identitymarxism.com/ - https://www.brandonbeckham.com/

Does Utah have an election integrity problem? What should county clerks be doing to ensure more safe and fair elections? Freshman representative Mike Petersen from Cache Valley shares information about his bill, HB 67, that aims to provide some of the solutions. 2022 is the year of the "Activist Mom" and Jen Brown from Davis County fits the bill. This mom of five has formed a new organization called Utah Citizens For The Constitution that aims to educate and evangelize about the US Constitution and create a statewide network of citizen groups to hold their elected officials accountable to it. VoteForMikePetersen.com https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0067.html https://www.facebook.com/Utah-Citizens-for-the-Constitution-102199818926271

Kim and Carolyn discuss some of the hottest bills of session, some sleepers, inexplicable public hearings, and what to expect in the final weeks (spoiler- crazy stuff coming). Rep. Birkeland returns for a second season guarding girls and women in sports against unfair and potentially dangerous competition with transgender athletes (HB 11)   - https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0011.html - https://www.facebook.com/KeraBirkelandUtah - https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0011.html https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0011.html https://www.facebook.com/KeraBirkelandUtah

Shocking reveal of $$$MILLIONS from the left pour into Utah to influence our laws and elections. Should high dollar outside influence and citizen grassroots be treated the same? Representative Adam Robertson thinks not and has a bill to address it.   There is a powerful grassroots army sweeping the state, and lawmakers are paying attention. Corinne Johnson of Utah Parents United discusses how it started, what makes them strong, what they target and how to get involved. https://www.utahparentsunited.org/ Utah Parents United (FB)

Can your genetic information be used against you? Are GM Humans in our near future? Sen. Dr. Mike Kennedy joins us to discuss SB144 (Genetic Privacy).   Don't miss the hilarious final segment Absurd Woke.   We're grateful for those legislators who have the experience and foresight to be able to understand what's coming medically and technologically, and work on legislation to protect us from potential threats to our privacy. Dr. Mike Kennedy (FB) https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0144.html https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1491833785532530691

Salt Lake County Government has a chronic separation of powers problem, while the Republican Party isn't messing around with its members who call on the military to be used against law-abiding citizens who disagree with their political views.   Councilman David Alvord discusses the violative tradition of the Democratic DA Office (Sim Gil) having to pre-approve all policies, and the Republican councilmembers who want to keep it that way.   SLCo GOP Chair Chris Null discusses the censure of Michelle Quist and the future of “big tent” Republican politics.   https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/SB0057.html Salt Lake County Republican Party (FB) https://slcogop.com/ Chris Null SLCo GOP Chair (FB)

Return of Vouchers or a Government Takeover of Homeschooling??   Representative Candice B. Pierucci joins Kim & Carolyn to discuss the Hope Scholarship (HB 0331).  https://le.utah.gov/~2022/bills/static/HB0331.html

Tax Cuts for All! Rep. Judy Weeks-Rohner (R, 33), AKA Queen of the 2019 Tax Referendum and newest member of the House, wants to remove the tax on your grocery bill.   Jonathan Harvey, president of BLEXIT Utah, on democrat and leftist policies that disproportionately harm people of color and why they are leaving the Democratic Party. https://www.facebook.com/groups/611034506422149/   Jonathan Harvey heads up BLEXIT Utah.   https://www.facebook.com/BlexitUT

Biden and the federal government are not the boss of states!  Constitutional scholar, attorney Rep. Ken Ivory Ivory (R,47 West Jordan) discusses the importance of states reclaiming their powers and his bill to take steps toward that goal- a TOP legislative priority. [spoiler alert- it's getting held up by less constitutionally minded reps. Truckers Independent Broadcasting Network's Shawn Mitchell talks about the Great Honkening of 2022!

Kim & Carolyn's debut podcast episode. Rep. Walt Brooks represents St. George and some surrounding rural areas.