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Listen to Zooming In at The UnPopulist in your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | RSS | YouTubeLandry Ayres: Welcome back to Zooming In at The UnPopulist. I'm Landry Ayres.We find ourselves in a deeply troubling moment for American democracy, grappling with the stark realities of a political landscape increasingly defined by fear, performative cruelty, and a conscious assault on established norms and institutions.This special live recording from ISMA's “Liberalism for the 21st Century” conference features host Aaron Ross Powell, as well as longtime observer of the militarization of police and author of the Substack, The Watch, Radley Balko, and co-founder and former contributor of The Bulwark, Charlie Sykes, author now of the Substack To the Contrary. They explore the mechanisms of this assault, how a manufactured crisis of fear is being weaponized by law enforcement, and the profound implications for civil liberties and the rule of law in America.The discussion is insightful, if unsettling.A transcript of today's podcast appears below. It has been edited for flow and clarity.Aaron Ross Powell: Welcome to a special live recording of The UnPopulist's Zooming In podcast here at the “Liberalism for the 21st Century” conference in Washington, D.C. I am Aaron Powell and I'm delighted to be joined by Radley Balko and Charlie Sykes to talk about the situation we find ourselves in.To me, the most striking image of Trump's campaign, months before he was reelected, was from the RNC. Before that, there was the weird one of him in the construction vest. But the most terrifying image was the one depicting the “Mass Deportation Now!” signs and the sneering and cruel faces celebrating the culture that they were wallowing in. Those faces made me think, as I was looking at them, of the faces in photographs during the Civil Rights Movement of police officers about to inflict violence, turn on firehoses, let dogs loose, and so on. And it felt like what we are seeing now.The “Mass Deportation Now!” images characterize not just the policies of Trump 2.0, but the attitude that they're trying to inflict upon the country. It feels like a rolling back of what we achieved in the 1960s from the Civil Rights Movement—it feels like we're in a retreat from that. This is a conscious attempt to roll that back. So I wanted to talk about that.Radley, I'll start with you. We're sitting in D.C. right now as National Guard troops and members of all sorts of agencies are patrolling the streets. Is this surprising to you—the pace at which these nominally public servants, who are supposed to serve and protect, have embraced this role of violence and fear and chaos?Radley Balko: I'm surprised at how quickly it's happened. I've been talking to people about this day for the last 20 years. I've been warning about the gradual militarization of our police, which is something that has happened in conjunction with the drug war and then the war on terror over 40 or 50 years.That debate was always about, “How militarized should our police be? How do we balance safety, and giving police officers what they need to protect public safety, with civil liberties and constitutional rights?” The fear was always that another Sept. 11 type event would cause what we're seeing now—that there would be a threat, a threat that everybody acknowledges as a threat, that would cause an administration, states, mayors, to crack down on civil liberties. But it would at least be a threat that everyone recognizes as a threat. We would be debating about how to react to it.When it comes to what's playing out today, there's no threat. This is all manufactured. This is all made up.Your juxtaposition of those two images—the clownish image of Trump in the construction vest and the other one depicting this genuinely terrifying anger and glee a lot of his followers get from watching grandmothers be raided and handcuffed and dragged out of their homes—show the clownishness and incompetence of this administration juxtaposed with the actual threat and danger, the hate and vitriol, that we see from his followers.We always hear that story about Ben Franklin after the Constitutional Convention: a woman comes up to him and says, “So, what is it, Mr. Franklin, do we have a republic or a monarchy?” And he says, “A republic, if you can keep it.” That phrase, of course, has been echoed throughout the ages. If Franklin were alive today, he would say, “You know, when I said that, I was worried about a Caracalla or a Sulla or a Caesar.” Instead it's like, this guy, the guy that has to win every handshake, that's who you're going to roll over for?I saw a lot of libertarian-ish people making this point before the election—that Trump's not a threat, he's a clown, he's incompetent, he's not dangerous. And you know what? He may be incompetent, but he's put people around him this time who do know what they're doing and who are genuinely evil.So, on some level, this was the worst case scenario that I never really articulated over the years when I've talked about police militarization. This is actual military acting as police, not police acting as the military. But here we are and they're threatening to spread it around the country to every blue city they can find.Powell: He's a clown, he's rightfully an object of ridicule, he doesn't know anything, he's riddled with pathologies that are obvious to everyone except him. And yet it's not just that he won, but that he effectively turned, not all of the American right, but certainly a large chunk of it into a personality cult. Charlie, given that he seems to be a singularly uninspiring personality, what happened?Charlie Sykes: Well, he's inspiring to his followers.Let me break down the question into two parts.I was in Milwaukee during the Republican Convention, when they were holding up the “Mass Deportation” signs—which was rather extraordinary, if you think about it, that they would actually put that in writing and cheer it. It's something that they'd been talking about for 10 years, but you could see that they were ramping it up.But you put your finger on this culture of performative cruelty and brutality that they have embraced. Trump has made no secret of that. It's one of the aspects of his appeal. For many, many years he's been saying that his idea of law and order is to have cops who will break heads and inflict harm. He's talked about putting razor blades on the top of the wall that Mexico was going to pay for. He's told stories about atrocities. One of his standard stories—that I think the media just stopped even quoting—was about Gen. “Black Jack” Pershing in World War I taking Muslim terrorists and shooting them with bullets that had been dipped in pig's blood. Totally b******t—he made the whole thing up. But it was an indication of a kind of bloodlust. He's talked about extrajudicial killings. He has expressed his admiration for strongmen like Duterte in the Philippines who have done this. He's talked about having drug courts that would have trials and executions the same day. So this is not a secret.What is really remarkable is the extent to which he's communicated that to his base. I mean, there are Americans who legitimately have concerns about immigration and about the border. But what he's also tapped into is this really visceral hatred of the other and the desire to inflict pain and suffering on them. I think that that is one of the ugliest aspects of his presence in our politics, and we saw that with the “Mass Deportation Now!” signs.Now, the second part is how he is implementing all of this with his raw police state, his masked brute squads sent into the city streets. And, again, he's made no secret of wanting to put active military troops into the streets of American cities. He was blocked from doing that in Trump 1.0, but obviously this is something that he's thought about and wants to do. And one of the most disturbing parts about this is the embrace of these kinds of tactics and this culture by law enforcement itself. Radley's written a lot about this. Donald Trump has gone out of his way, not only to defend war criminals, but also to defend police officers who've been accused of brutality. So he's basically put up a bat signal to law enforcement that: The gloves are off. We're coming in. There's a new sheriff in town.What's happening in Washington, D.C. is just a trial run. He's going to do this in New York. He's going to do this in Chicago. He's going to do this in one blue city after another. And the question is, “Will Americans just accept armed troops in their streets as normal?”Now, let me give a cautionary note here: Let's not gaslight Americans that there's not actually a crime problem. I think Democrats are falling into a kind of trap because there are legitimate concerns about public safety. So the argument shouldn't be: There's no crime problem. The argument should be: This is exactly the wrong way to go about dealing with it. Having mass, brute squads on the street is one step toward really running roughshod over a lot of different rights—due process rights and other constitutional rights—that most Americans are going to be reluctant to give up. But we're going to find out, because all of this is being tested right now.Balko: I'd like to jump in on the crime point. I mean, crime is down in D.C. D.C. does have a comparatively high crime rate for a city of its size. There's no question. It's always been that way here. But the idea that there's something happening right now that merits this response is what I meant when I called it a manufactured crisis.I think it's important to point out that, like you said, he's always wanted to do this. This is just the reason that he's managed to put his finger on and thinks is going to resonate.“I've been talking to people about this day for the last 20 years. I've been warning about the gradual militarization of our police, which is something that has happened in conjunction with the drug war and then the war on terror over 40 or 50 years. That debate was always about, ‘How militarized should our police be? How do we balance safety, and giving police officers what they need to protect public safety, with civil liberties and constitutional rights?' The fear was always that another Sept. 11 type event would cause what we're seeing now—that there would be a threat, that everybody acknowledges as a threat, that would cause an administration, states, mayors, to crack down on civil liberties. But there would at least be a threat that everyone recognizes as a threat. We'd be debating about how to react to it. When it comes to what's playing out today, there's no threat. This is all manufactured. This is all made up.” — Radley BalkoI do think we need to talk about crime and about what works and what doesn't. But I think it's important to acknowledge that “crime” is just the reason that he's found right now. This is something that he's been planning to do forever. Like Kristi Noem said, it is basically about deposing the leadership in these cities. In Los Angeles, she said that their goal was to “liberate” it from the socialist elected leaders.Sykes: I agree with you completely about that. I'm just saying that there is a danger of putting too much emphasis on the idea that there is not a crime problem—because in Chicago, there's a crime problem, in New York, there's a crime problem. People feel it. And, I mean, didn't Democrats learn a lesson in 2024 when there was inflation and they said, “Oh no, no, no, there's not really inflation here. Let me show you a chart. You can't think that the cost of living is a problem because here are some statistics that I have for you. There's not really a problem at the border—if you think there's a problem of immigration, a problem at the border, here, I have a chart showing you that there isn't a problem.” Well, you can't.If the public honestly thinks that there is a problem at the border, that there's a problem with inflation, and that there's a problem with crime, it's politically problematic to deny it because as David Frum wrote presciently in The Atlantic several years ago: If liberals will not enforce the border—you could add in, “or keep the city streets safe”—the public will turn to the fascists. If they think you will solve this problem and you're pretending it does not exist or you're trying to minimize it, they'll turn to the fascists.Balko: I don't want to belabor this, but I just think it's dangerous to concede the point when the premise itself is wrong.So, Trump made crime an issue in 2016, right? Recall the American Carnage inauguration speech. When Trump took office in Jan. 2017, he inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in the last 50 years. And yet he ran on crime. I think that it's important to push back and say, “Wait a minute, no, Obama did not cause a massive spike in crime. There was a tiny uptick in 2015, but that was only because 2014 was basically the safest year in recent memory.”Trump is also the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he entered it. You know, I don't think that presidents have a huge effect on crime, but Trump certainly does.So, I agree with you that we can't say crime isn't a problem, but we can also point out that crime went up under Trump and that what he's doing will make things worse.Sykes: I think these are all legitimate points to make. It's just that, Trump has this reptilian instinct to go for vulnerabilities. And one of the vulnerabilities of the progressive left is the problem of governance. If there is a perception that these urban centers are badly governed, that they are overrun with homeless encampments and crime and carjacking, then the public will see what he's doing as a solution.By the way, I'm making this argument because I think that we can't overstate how dangerous and demagogic what he's doing is. But I'm saying that this is going to be a huge fight. He's going to go into Chicago where crime is just demonstrably a problem, and where I think the mayor has an approval rating of about 12 to 16%, and he's going to say, “I am here with the cavalry.”There's got to be a better answer for this. There's got to be a way to focus on the real threat to the constitutional order that he is posing, as opposed to arguing on his ground and saying, “No, no, don't pay attention to crime, inflation, the border.”And, again, I'm making this argument because this is one that I think the country really has to win. Otherwise we are going to see militarization and an actual police state.Powell: Let me see if I can pull together some of the threads from the conversation so far, because I think there's a nexus, or something that needs to be diagnosed, to see the way through.When you [Charlie] were mentioning the bullets covered in pig's blood, what occurred to me was ... I was a kid at the height of '80s action movies. And that's the kind of thing that the bad guys did in '80s action movies. That's the kind of thing that justified the muscular American blowing them up or otherwise dispatching them.There's been a turn, now, in that we're seeing behavior from Americans that they would have at one point said, “This isn't who we are.” The Christianity that many Americans hold to, this is not the way that Jesus tells them to act. There's been a shift in our willingness to embrace this sort of thing, and it's behavior that I would have expected to horrify basically everyone watching it happening.And it is—his approval readings are declining rapidly. It is horrifying a lot of people—but fewer than I would have hoped. One of you mentioned that, on the one hand, there's the cruelty, but there's also the fear—and those are feeding into each other. And what I wonder is, yes, there's crime, but at the same time, if your media consumption habits are those of a committed Trump supporter, you are being told constantly to be afraid that everybody outside your door, except for the people who you recognize, or maybe the people who share your skin color or speak with the same accent you do, is a threat to you and your family.I see this with members of my own family who are Trump supporters. They are just terrified. “I can't ride the subway. It's too scary to ride the subway.” Or, “I go out in D.C. and I see youths doing the kinds of things youths do, and now I don't feel safe having my family there.” We don't have a war. We don't have a crisis. But we've told a huge portion of the country, “You should be afraid of every last thing except your immediate family and that guy who now rules the country.” And the crime rates are part of it. It's like, “You should be scared of every single one of these cities.”Sykes: It's a story. One of the speakers today was talking about the power of stories, that demagogues will tell a story. And a story of fear and anger is a very, very powerful story that you can't counteract with statistics. You need to counteract it with other stories.“This culture of performative cruelty and brutality is one of the aspects of his appeal. For many years he's been saying that his idea of law and order is to have cops who will break heads and inflict harm. He's talked about putting razor blades on the top of the wall that Mexico was going to pay for. He's told stories about atrocities. He would tell the story about Gen. ‘Black Jack' Pershing in World War I taking Muslim terrorists and shooting them with bullets that had been dipped in pig's blood. He's talked about extrajudicial killings. He has expressed his admiration for strongmen like Duterte in the Philippines who have done this. He's talked about having drug courts that would have trials and executions the same day. What is really remarkable is the extent to which he's communicated that to his base. He's tapped into this really visceral hatred of the other and the desire to inflict pain and suffering on them. I think that that is one of the ugliest aspects, and we saw that with the ‘Mass Deportation Now!' signs.” — Charlie SykesPart of the problem is that Trump has made that narrative. So, for example, you have members of your family who are Trump supporters. My guess is that they could name the young women who had been raped and murdered by illegal immigrants. Because, I mean, on Fox News, this is happening all the time, right? On Fox News, illegal immigrants are criminals. “Look at the crimes they are committing.” They tell that story in the most graphic way possible, and then turn around and say, “If you oppose what Donald Trump is doing, you are defending these ‘animals'”—as Trump described them.It is deeply dishonest. It is deeply dangerous. But it is potent. And we ought to look at it in the face and recognize how he is going to weaponize those stories and that fear, which is really the story of our era now. We're living in this era of peace, prosperity, general safety—and yet he's created this “American carnage” hellscape story.Balko: Yeah, I also think there's this weird paradox of masculinity in the MAGA movement. It's not about masculinity—it's about projecting masculinity. It's about co-opting aspects of masculinity. And it's like, “We're the manly men. We need men to be men again. And that's why we support men who sexually assault and sexually harass women. And, at the same time, we're all going to genuflect and debase ourselves in front of this 79-year-old man, because he's our leader and we need to let him insult our wives. And we're also scared to take the subway.” I think there were 10 murders last year in the New York city subway. The subway is one of the safest public spaces you'll find anywhere. But you'll regularly see MAGA people go on Fox News and talk about how scared they are of it.I mean, I don't know how persuadable any of MAGA is, but I do think pointing out the sheer cowardliness might resonate. When Markwayne Mullin goes on the Sunday shows and says he doesn't wear a seatbelt anymore because he's afraid he'll get carjacked and he needs to be able to jump out of his car quickly ...Sykes: ... He actually did say that.Balko: Yeah. And, I don't know what the stats are, but it's something like you're 40 or 50 times more likely to die in a car accident than you are in a carjacking. So, you know, he's sealing his own fate, I guess.But I do think that maybe there's something to appealing to their lack of masculinity when they try to push some of these narratives.Sykes: Well, yeah, I do think there are narratives out there.We have National Guard troops here in Washington, D.C.—where were they on Jan. 6th? Why did the president not bring them in then? We had one of the greatest assaults on law enforcement. So we can call b******t on Donald Trump being the “law and order,” “back the blue” president.One of the first things he did when he took office was issue the blanket pardons to all the rioters and seditionists who not only assaulted the Capitol, but specifically the ones who attacked police officers. We can stand up and say, “I don't want to be lectured by the man who gave the Get Out of Jail Free card to the people who tased and bear sprayed police officers in this city. Not to mention,”—before he brings up the whole “defund the police” thing—“the man who right now is dismantling the nation's premier law enforcement agency, the FBI.” Because all of these FBI agents who are being gutted or tasked with hassling homeless people in Washington, D.C., you know what they're not doing? They are not investigating child sex trafficking. They are not engaging in any anti-terrorism activities.So, what you do is call them out, saying, “You are not making this country safer. You are not the ‘law and order' president. You are a convicted felon. You in fact have freed and celebrated people who actually beat cops.” If Barack Obama would have pardoned someone who had attacked police officers, the right would have been utterly incandescent. And yet Donald Trump does it and he's not called out on it.I understand that there are some who are reluctant to say, “Well, no, we're actually the party of law and order. We're actually the party of public safety.” But you hit him right in what I think is a real vulnerability.Balko: One of the guys who literally told Jan. 6 rioters to kill the police is now a respected senior member of the Justice Department, whereas the guy who threw a sandwich at a cop is facing a felony charge. That is Trump's approach to law enforcement.Sykes: I always hate it when people go on TV and say, “This should be a talking point.” But that ought to be a talking point. Don't you think everybody ought to know his name? We have the video of Jared Wise saying, “Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em!” and calling the police Nazis. And he is now a top official in Donald Trump's Justice Department.Powell: This is my concern, though—and this allows me to belabor my Civil Rights Movement point some more. One of the reasons that the anti-civil rights movement, the counter-movement, was as vicious and as ugly as it was is because it was a group of people who felt like they had a status level by virtue of being white, of being men. As they saw things, “If we help minorities and others rise up, that lowers the baseline status that I have.” So they wanted to fight back. It was, “I'm going to keep these people down because it keeps me up.” And when Radley said that they're “projecting masculinity,” I think that's a big part.A big part of the appeal is, “Now I'm seeing guys like me dominating. Now I'm seeing guys who are from my area or share my cultural values or dress like me or are into the same slogans or have the same fantasies of power as I do, or just aren't the coastal elites with their fancy educations and so on, dominating.” And my worry is if that's what's driving a lot of it—that urge to domination coupled with the fear, which I think then allows them to overcome any barriers they have to cruelty—if you marry, “I can have power” and “I'm scared of these people,” that to them justifies their actions in the same way that it does the action movie heroes killing the guys who put the pig's blood on bullets. It becomes justified to inflict cruelty upon those they hate.My worry is if you go after them in that way, it feels like, “Okay, now what you're saying is these guys who look like me, who were dominating, don't actually deserve it.” I don't think that means that we stay away from it, but I think it risks triggering even more of this, “What I want is for it to be my boot on people's necks and I want them to stop putting me down. And I want them to stop telling me that I'm not good, that I'm incompetent, that it's not okay for me to beat my wife” (or whatever it happens to be). Trump is like an avatar for very mediocre men.Sykes: Well, I wouldn't use that as a talking point.Balko: A few years ago, I wrote a piece about a Black police chief who was hired in Little Rock by a mayor who ran on a reform platform and this police chief had a good record. He was in Norman, Okla. before that—he was the first Black chief in Oklahoma. And he was not a progressive by any means, but he was a reformer in that he wanted things to be merit-based and Little Rock has a really strong white police union. I say that because they also have a Black police union, because the Black officers didn't feel like they were represented by the white union.One of the first things that Chief Humphrey did was make the promotional interviews, that you get to move up through the ranks, blind. So you didn't know who you're talking to. If you were white, you didn't know if it was a fellow white person you were interviewing. Most of the people in charge were. The result of removing race from that process was that more Black officers were getting promoted than before. And I wrote about him because he ended up getting chased out of town. They hit him with fake sexual harassment charges; the union claimed he was harassing white women. Basically, they exerted their power and managed to chase him out.But one of the things he told me when I interviewed him was—and other people have said different versions of this—that when your entire life you've been the beneficiary of racial preferences as a white person, as happened in this country for most of its existence, meritocracy looks a lot like racial discrimination. Because things that you got just simply because you were entitled to now you have to earn. And that looks like, “Hey, this Black guy is getting this job over me. And that's not right. Because my dad got that job over the Black guy and his dad got the job over the Black guy.”And I think this backlash that we're seeing against DEI—I'm sure there are parts of this country where DEI was promoting unqualified people just to have diversity, and I do think there's there's value in diversity for diversity's sake—is white people, who have been benefiting from our racial hierarchy system that's been in place since the Founding, were starting to see themselves passed over because we were now moving to a merit-based system and they saw that as discrimination. That's a big part of the backlash.I don't know what the solution is. I don't know that we just re-impose all of the former policies once Trump's out of power, if he's ever out of power. But I do think that there is value in diversity for diversity's sake. Obviously I don't support strict quota systems, but I do think it's important to make that point that addressing historical injustices is critical.We went to the art museum in Nashville the other day and they had a whole exhibit about Interstate I-40 going through Nashville. It was supposed to go through this industrial area where there were no neighborhoods or private homes. And the Tennessee legislature deliberately made it run through the wealthiest Black neighborhood in Nashville and destroyed about 80% of Black wealth in the city. That was 1968—that was not 1868. That's relatively recently that you're destroying a ton of wealth. And you can find that history in every single city.I think a big part of this backlash is not knowing that history—and only knowing what's happening now and experiencing it out of context. For those people, it feels like reverse discrimination.Sykes: So, yes, a lot of this is true. But it's not the whole story. In the state of Wisconsin, overwhelmingly white voters voted for Barack Obama, a Black man, twice in a row before voting for Donald Trump. So we do have that long, deep history of racism, but then also an America that I think was making some progress. I'm just going to put this out as a counterpoint: I think that if people were appealing to the “better angels of their nature,” a lot of these people would not be buying into the cruelty, the brutality, the racism. Instead, we're appealing to their sense of victimization.But let's be honest about it. We moved from a Civil Rights Movement that was morally based on fairness and the immorality of discrimination to one that increasingly was identity politics that morphed into DEI, which was profoundly illiberal. What happened was a lot of the guys we're talking about were thinking not just that they want their boots on people's head, but they're constantly being told that they were bad, that their contributions were not significant. There were invisible tripwires of grievance—what you could say, what you could do, the way you had to behave. In the before times, a lot of the attacks on free speech and the demands for ideological conformity on university campuses were not coming from the illiberal right—they were coming from the illiberal left.And as I'm listening to the speakers at this conference talk about the assault on liberalism, I think one of the questions we have to ask—and maybe this is a little meta—is why it was so brittle. Well, it was brittle because it was caught in a pincer movement by the illiberal left and the illiberal right. My point is that a lot of this reaction is in fact based on racial animus, but there's also a sense that I hear from a lot of folks, a sense of liberation that they feel, that the boot was on their necks and is now being taken off, that they're not having to go to these highly ideological DEI training sessions where they were told how terrible and awful they were all the time. And how, if you believed in a race-blind society, that was a sign you were racist. If white women actually were moved by stories of racism and wept, that was white women's tears. This was heavy handed.“I do think the people who signed off on extraordinary rendition and snatching people off the street and sending them to a literal torture prison in El Salvador, those people need to be criminally charged. But I also think there need to be civil society repercussions. There are so many people in media—pundits, politicians who know better—who have a long record of pointing out how dangerous Trump was and then turned on a dime and started supporting him. I don't wish any physical harm on those people. I don't think any of those people should be put in prison. But I think those people should never be trusted as public intellectuals.” — Radley BalkoSo there was a backlash that was going to be inevitable. What's tragic is the way that it has been co-opted by the people who have really malign motives, who are not acting out of good will—the Stephen Millers who have figured out a way to weaponize this. But that line that goes from the racism of 1957 to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, to a broad-based civil rights consensus—and, again, there's caveats in all of this—to identity-based politics. Let's be honest about it. That was not without sin. That was not without problems.Balko: So, I agree that there was I guess what you could call an illiberal approach to a mutual exchange of ideas on college campuses. There was a lot of shouting down of conservative speakers. In some cases, there were invitations revoked to valedictory speeches. There was some cutting off of funding for conservative speakers. But I want to make sure we're not delving into false equivalences here. I mean, the boot that you're talking about, Charlie, was a metaphorical boot, and we're talking about a very literal boot now.Sykes: Absolutely. That distinction is a significant one.Balko: So, my preferred way of expressing my disagreement with someone isn't to shout them down. I will say, though, that protest is a form of speech. I think, even to some extent, interrupting speeches that are particularly problematic or extremist is a form of speech. It's not one that I personally would engage in. But the type of censorship we're seeing now is direct. It is government censorship. It is not a violation of the spirit of free expression that we were seeing on college campuses before.Sykes: Oh, it was more than just that kind of violation. You had universities that required people to sign a DEI statement where they had to make ideological commitments in order to get a job. I mean, this was very heavy handed. There were no literal boots, but ... I like Jonathan Rauch's analogy that the illiberalism of the left is still a real problem, but it's like a slow-growing cancer. Right now, what we're facing with the illiberalism of the right is a heart attack. We have to deal with the heart attack right now, but let's not pretend that everyone who objects to some of the things that were happening are doing so because they are just vile, white racists.This is part of the problem. People spent decades accusing others of being racist on flimsy grounds. If you support Mitt Romney, you're a racist. If you support tax cuts, you're a racist. You know what happened? I come from this world and there was a time when to be called a racist was the worst thing you could possibly say about somebody. And it got to the point where, literally, if you were in favor of school choice, you were racist; in favor of tax cuts, you were racist. If you voted for a Republican … John McCain was a racist, George Bush was a racist. So when the real thing came along, guess what people said? They just rolled their eyes, shrugged, and said, “We've heard this before.” I mean, it was crying wolf for decades.And I've had these conversations when I would say, “How can you support someone who is just espousing this raw, vicious racism about Haitians eating dogs?” You know what I would get? “Oh, we've been hearing this for 20 years. Literally everyone I know has been accused of being a racist.”So we need to come back to a consensus. If we're going to restore that liberal consensus, we're going to have to say, “This is acceptable behavior. And this is not acceptable behavior.” But we are not going to use these labels to vilify. The politics of contempt is just not helpful. It is not helpful to tell people, “By the way, I think you're an idiot. I think you're stupid. I think you're racist. Would you like to hear my ideas about taxes now?” It doesn't work. And I think that one of the things that, tragically, Trump has tapped into is the sense that these elites look down on you.So, Aaron, when you say that this is the revolution of mediocre men, not helpful. Now, some of them are mediocre. I certainly agree. I write about mediocre people all the time—but, again, the politics of contempt is not the way to get ourselves out of this.Powell: I think there's a distinction between messaging and diagnosis. And if we're to understand how we got here, or the kinds of beliefs or values that can lead someone ... and I don't mean, you've been a partisan Republican voter for your entire life, and you come from a family of this, and you pulled the lever for Trump, but you're mostly an uninformed voter, which is a lot of people—I mean, the people who are cheering on Stephen Miller, they're in a different category. So it might be that, if you have one of those people in front of you, the message is not to say, “There's a broken set of morals at play here,” or “there's a cramped view of humanity at play here,” because they're not going to hear that in the moment.But if we're to understand how we got here and what we're up against, I think we have to be fairly clear-eyed about the fact that the [Trumpian] values that we've discovered over the last 10, 15 years have much more appeal and purchase among a lot of Americans than I think any of us had really expected or certainly hoped, and then figure out how to address that. And, again, it's not everybody—but it's more than I would like. If those values are central to someone's being, and the way that they view others around them and the way they relate to their fellow man, then I think a lot of the less condemning arguments also won't find purchase because, ultimately, it's not a policy difference. It's a, “I want a crueler world.”Sykes: This is where I think the argument that says, “Let's look at this cruelty. Let's look at this brutality. Let's look at the Stephen Millers” ... believe it or not, I actually think it's potent to say to somebody, “Do you want to be like that? Is that really what you want America to be? You're better than that.” And then, “Let me tell you the story of decency.”The story that we heard earlier today about how neighbors who are Trump voters will be there if your house is burning down or your father dies ... you appeal to that innate decency and say, “Do you really want this cruelty?” This is what's lacking, I think, on the right and in the Republican Party right now: people who say, “Okay, you may want less taxes, smaller government, a crackdown on street crime, less illegal immigration ... but is this who you want to be?” Show them the masked officer who is dragging the grandmother away. I do think that there is the better angel that says, “No, that is really not the American story.” You have to appeal to them as opposed to just condemn them. I'm not sure we're disagreeing, but I actually think that that's potent.Balko: I think there is not only room for ridicule when you're up against an aspiring authoritarian, but a lot of history shows it's often one of the few things that works because they really hate to be disrespected.I agree with Charlie that I don't think it's necessarily productive to make fun of people who have been tricked or who have been lied to, but I also think it's worth pointing out that Trump has contempt for his own supporters. I mean, one of the great ironies of our time is that when Trump would need a boost of self-esteem, he would go hold a rally in a state that, before he ran for president, he would never have been caught dead in. He grifts from his own supporters. His lies about Covid got his own supporters killed at higher rates than people in states that didn't vote for him. But I agree that it doesn't serve much benefit to denigrate people.Sykes: But do ridicule the people who are doing it. I mean, don't get me wrong. South Park is doing God's work right now.Balko: Absolutely.Powell: What, then, is the way forward?“This is part of the problem. People spent decades accusing others of being racist on flimsy grounds. If you support Mitt Romney, you're a racist. If you support tax cuts, you're a racist. You know what happened? I come from this world and there was a time when to be called a racist was the worst thing you could possibly say about somebody. And it got to the point where, literally, if you were in favor of school choice, you were racist; in favor of tax cuts, you were racist. If you you voted for Republican. John McCain was a racist. George Bush was a racist. So when the real thing came along, guess what people said? They just rolled their eyes, shrugged, and said, ‘We've heard this before.' I mean, it was crying wolf for decades.” — Charlie SykesLet's assume that democracy survives this current moment and that we somehow put Trump behind us. We can't go back to the status quo before this. We can't just say, “We're going to go back to the kind of politics we had during the Biden administration.” That seems to be off the table. We need something new. We need a new direction. What does that look like?Sykes: I honestly do not know at this point. And I don't think anybody knows. But I do think that we ought to remember, because we throw around the term “liberal democracy” a lot, that democracies are not necessarily liberal. Democracies are not necessarily kind. And I think we need to go back to things like the rule of law.I think it's going to involve some kind of restoration of balance in society. The damage that's being done now is so deep and some of it is so irreparable that I'm hoping that there will be a backlash against it, that there will be a pendulum swing back towards fundamental decency. And even though we keep talking about democracy a lot, I think we need to start talking about freedom and decency a little bit more.You know, I was listening to the Russian dissident who spoke tonight and he asked us to imagine what it's like trying to create a democratic society in Russia with all of their history and all their institutions. As bad as things are for us, we have a big head start. We still have an infrastructure, compared to what he is up against. We still can restore, I think, that fundamental decency and sense of freedom and equality before the law.Balko: I also don't know exactly what it's going to look like. I will say this: I think one of the big reasons why we are where we are today is that there wasn't a proper reckoning, and no real accountability, after the Civil War and Reconstruction. It's been the same with Jan. 6. There was no real accountability. The Democrats waited too long for impeachment. The DOJ was slow.I do think there have to be repercussions. I'm not saying that we throw everybody in the Trump administration in prison, but I do think the people who signed off on extraordinary rendition and snatching people off the street and sending them to a literal torture prison in El Salvador, those people need to be criminally charged.But I also think there need to be civil society repercussions. There are so many people in media—pundits, politicians who know better—who have a long record of pointing out how dangerous Trump was and then turned on a dime and started supporting him. I don't wish any physical harm on those people. I don't think any of those people should be put in prison. But I think those people should never be trusted as public intellectuals. We shouldn't employ them in that realm. I think they should be able to earn a living. I don't think they should earn our trust.I have zero confidence that that's going to happen. But I can personally say that I have no interest in participating in events like this with those people. I have no interest in giving those people any kind of legitimacy because they tried to take our birthright away from us, which is a free and democratic society—the country that, for all its flaws, has been an exemplary country in the history of humankind. They literally are trying to end that. And I don't think you just get to walk away from that and pretend like it never happened.Sykes: I totally agree.Powell: With that, thank you, Radley. Thank you, Charlie.© The UnPopulist, 2025Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X.We welcome your reactions and replies. Please adhere to our comments policy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theunpopulist.net

Changes to Epstein Case. Arrest imminent. Will Americans vote for the poor house? If no justice, perhaps. If/Then proposals. Will it just go back to business as usual or will there be change?

Changes to Epstein Case. Arrest imminent. Will Americans vote for the poor house? If no justice, perhaps. If/Then proposals. Will it just go back to business as usual or will there be change?

Changes to Epstein Case. Arrest imminent. Will Americans vote for the poor house? If no justice, perhaps. If/Then proposals. Will it just go back to business as usual or will there be change?

Andrew Klavan Show. A Matter of Life and Death Andrew Klavan 810K subscribers 32,124 views Jun 27, 2025 The Andrew Klavan Show Voices on the left and right are beckoning us to destroy ourselves. Will Americans choose another century of life? Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3UKm1Ez Ep.1236 - - DailyWire+: Right now, when you join DailyWire+ for a year, we'll cover half of it. Join now at https://dailywireplus.com and use code FREEDOM. 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FIRE staff responds to the Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton that addresses a Texas law requiring age verification for accessing certain sexual material online. Joining us: Will Creeley — Legal director Bob Corn-Revere — Chief counsel Ronnie London — General counsel Timestamps: 01:21 How the case wound up at the Supreme Court 06:57 Bob's experience with arguing strict scrutiny in the courts 09:32 Ronnie's perspective on the ruling 10:22 Brick + mortar stores vs. online sites 12:07 Has the Court established a new category of partially protected speech? 13:36 What speech is still subject to strict scrutiny after the ruling? 15:55 What does it mean to address the “work as a whole” in the internet context? 17:24 What modifications to the ruling, if any, would have satisfied FIRE? 18:06 What are the alternatives to address the internet's risks toward minors? 20:16 For non-lawyer Americans, what is the best normative argument against the ruling? 22:38 Why is this ruling a “canary in the coal mine?” 23:36 How is age verification really about identity verification? 24:42 Why did the Court assume the need to protect children without citing any scientific findings in its ruling? 26:17 Does the ruling allow for more identity-based access barriers to lawful online speech? 28:04 Will Americans have to show ID to get into a public library? 29:30 Why does stare decisis seem to mean little to nothing to the Court? 32:08 Will there be a problem with selective enforcement of content-based restrictions on speech? 34:12 Could the ruling spark a patchwork of state laws that create digital borders? 36:26 Is there any other instance where the Court has used intermediate scrutiny in a First Amendment case? 37:29 Is the Court going to keep sweeping content-based statutes in the “incidental effect on speech” bucket? 38:14 Is sexual speech considered obscene? 40:33 How does the ruling affect adult content on mainstream social media platforms like Reddit and X? 43:27 Where does the ruling leave us on age verification laws? Show notes: - Supreme Court ruling: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf - FIRE statement on FSC v. Paxton ruling: https://www.thefire.org/news/fire-statement-free-speech-coalition-v-paxton-upholding-age-verification-adult-content - FIRE's brief for the Fifth Circuit: https://www.thefire.org/news/supreme-court-agrees-review-fifth-circuit-decision-upholding-texas-adult-content-age - FIRE's amicus brief in support of petitioners and reversal: https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/amicus-brief-support-petitioners-and-reversal-free-speech-coalition-v-paxton

Will Americans choose the Republic or the Tyrant? Will ICE raids lead to Marines illegally patrolling our streets? Will Trump get his national emergency?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Glenn exposes the one person he thinks caused the massive Trump-Musk falling-out: Stu Burguiere. Glenn goes through the entire timeline of the feud, and he and Stu dissect how things went so wrong so fast. How did something that began as a disagreement on policy morph into horrific accusations and threats to pull funding? Glenn and Stu react to President Trump's impressive amount of restraint as Elon Musk went nuclear in this feud. In the aftermath of the falling-out between Trump and Musk, which began over disagreements regarding the "big, beautiful bill," Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought joins to defend the legislation and discuss where critics of the bill are mistaken. Glenn warns of the dangers that lie ahead if we don't get these disagreements with the bill settled. U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins joins to discuss how we can fix the VA and debate whether the VA should be privatized. Will Americans be paying more for their bananas? The guys react to a viral clip of Trump's commerce secretary and a congresswoman clashing over banana prices. They also discussed Michelle Obama's new book announcement.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ASOS has partnered with InPost to offer next-day delivery to locker locations across Europe, enhancing speed and flexibility for online fashion shoppers. While the model is efficient and popular in dense urban markets, Chris and Anne explore whether the U.S. consumer landscape is ready for this kind of out-of-home delivery. This clip from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five is brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand.

Nordic Fintech Highlights is back with Pål, Ville & JanneHold onto your wallets — it's another round of Fintech Daydreaming's Nordic Fintech Highlights! This month, the crew dives into:

PepsiCo says it plans to replace artificial colors with natural ones across its product lines by 2026, but the move could come with major R&D and consumer acceptance challenges. The Fast Five crew debates whether regulation is the only real way to force change. 0:02 – PepsiCo CEO outlines natural color transition timeline 0:45 – U.S. HHS pushes voluntary color removal by 2026 2:00 – France vs U.S.: stark differences in food color standards 3:40 – Why reformulation is hard: R&D, sourcing, pricing 4:45 – The food-as-medicine opportunity 6:00 – Will Americans accept the change without regulation? 7:00 – Red Vines, Trix, and the real struggle of visual food culture For the full episode, head here: https://youtu.be/LpW3lI-L7TI This week's episode is brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand. #pepsico #naturalingredients #CPGInnovation #FoodReformulation #HealthierSnacks #cleanlabel #doritos #RedVines #foodregulations #RetailPodcast

It appears that Democrats have now pounced on the weapons they plan to use against the GOP in the upcoming midterm elections. Their plan contains NOTHING of substance, nothing that's new, and nothing that's substantive. What are they going to do to take back Congress? It's "Hate Trump!" They have jumped on their ideology, losing last year's election. Even though Donald Trump pummeled them in November, they can find no new "arrow!"Now, their strategy begins. Today, we bring you factual information and audio pieces that prove this is their hope to win the midterms. However, they've proudly added one new tool. In addition to their non-stop allegations against Trump, they have added, and made it mandatory for every member of Congress, to blast their opponents using the vilest language to capture the attention of voters! Where I'm from, we call that "symbolism over substance."Can they win with that policy driving their cause? Will Americans choose to swallow their drivel that offers nothing positive but only negative versions of the assault on President Donald Trump?You decide. And we'll help!

People feel richer — and spend accordingly — when their assets rise in value. That’s called the wealth effect. But when folks get their retirement account statements for Q1 of 2025, they may feel the opposite, since most of those accounts lost value. Will Americans pull back on their spending as a result? Plus, subcompact cars steer into the sunset, farmers are pessimistic about tariffs, and very small businesses can be a bellwether of economic trends.

People feel richer — and spend accordingly — when their assets rise in value. That’s called the wealth effect. But when folks get their retirement account statements for Q1 of 2025, they may feel the opposite, since most of those accounts lost value. Will Americans pull back on their spending as a result? Plus, subcompact cars steer into the sunset, farmers are pessimistic about tariffs, and very small businesses can be a bellwether of economic trends.

The Prism of America's Education with Host Karen Schoen – The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act gives our government a license to lie. We must contact our legislators and demand that this act be repealed. Will Americans be strong enough to accept rough times ahead without allowing the lies of the left to become our way of life? Or will we be strong and demand that bills like this be eliminated, as they are totally 100% unconstitutional?

The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Just the tiniest point of the immigration law enforcement spear has been shown over the last few days and so far, the public seems supportive. However, don't think that the sob stories and outright propaganda isn't coming from the press and its Leftist backers. Will Americans keep their resolve?Texas saw protests in the streets of Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio over the deportations of criminal illegal aliens. Why, by the way, does the Hearst paper in San Antonio not call these people fascists? The story says: “…protesters waved Mexican flags and chanted slogans such as “Que viva la raza verdadera” and “F Donald Trump.” Foreign flags and slogans? That “viva la raza verdadera” sounds far more like NAZI brownshirts than anything heard from American conservatives often compared to fascists in the press.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Governor Abbott announces he will deliver the 2025 State Of The State Address on Sunday at 5 p.m. Not right guv. It's not an emergency and so it can wait until a weekday, not on the Lord's Day.Senator Cruz spearheads effort to derail nuclear waste dumping in oil-rich area of Texas.FinCEN BOI still on hold, Reuters updates their story from last week.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com

President Trump has doubled down on his desire to end the federal Department of Education and return the task of education to the states. Republicans have long talked a good game but to date there has been very little action. Will Americans finally get a "win" on this issue? Also today, Trump names new top Middle East policy pick for the Pentagon...and he's very promising!

Summary of What to Look Forward ToReflecting on the past inspires hope for the future. The focus is on restoring American values, emphasizing smaller government, free speech, and justice. Challenges include a divided nation of "givers and takers" and media corruption.Key themes include exposing Leftist hypocrisy, freeing J6 prisoners, and ensuring accountability for corrupt elites. The cultural shift continues with Hollywood's decline, wokeism's demise, and media irrelevance.Humor and brevity are powerful tools to challenge Leftist narratives, spark thought, and drive meaningful change. With a four-year plan underway, optimism abounds for a transformative year in politics, culture, and societal values.[SEGMENT 2-1] What to look forward to… To look forward one must remember the past. I want to go back to the America I grew up in. When we do this, we find out that we didn't have it so bad, did we? But even into the 80s, things got better. We could always feel like America was getting better.   Just one lifetime ago in the United States, our grandfathers were able to buy a home, buy a car, have 3-4 children, keep their wife at home, take annual vacations, and then retire… all on one middle-class salary. Now that's practically impossible. If you are playing by the rules, doing it by the playbook, then you're getting screwed. This country is divided into givers and takers. Those looking for angles all the time for easy money. Who's getting screwed? Us. I see people in the media making millions for doing very little, and it's no big deal. I'm trying to figure out where all this money comes from.   Smaller, DOGE-managed government. The world's richest man fighting for justice and free speech. Accountable government, common-sense government per the Constitution Free speech. Will Americans trust that they have this? Or will they continue to bite their tongues? Recompense for those hurt by the Left's crushing of “truth-speak”. Social media giants must pay for what they did or they will have learned nothing.  [SEGMENT 2-2] What to look forward to 2 I haven't done a show on New Year's in years. But I decided to do something different this year. I wanted a fresh start to my 4-year plan. I want us all to feel like we are into something fresh. New. Exciting. Thanks for the feedback on the Supporter's Club show. I thought it was fantastic as I did it. One of my members commented: How motivational. And what insights into your background. For me, delving into me I think will help others. Not my background per se. But jogging little micro memories in you. We have one heck of a year coming up and I'm giving it my all. For those who support me, I promise you will learn a lot more about me, but what you learn about yourselves will be like getting a GREAT college education on you. Years ago, I was asked by a very wealthy man to come by his office. He wanted to meet me. He'd heard a lot about me, and wanted to meet me in person. He had sold his company for $200M dollars. He was thinking of running for office. J6 prisoners freed. Perp walks for many corrupt Biden-government officials, particularly those from the coup and the J6 coverup. Diddy's list, Epstein's list, and the other Hollyweirdos beside Weinstein who also committed crimes. The demise of Hollywood The continued decimation of the media The death of “wokeism”      [SEGMENT 2-3] Deaf Doll   [X] SB – Conservatives are happiest American Girl released a doll with “hearing loss”. Yes, I know. We aren't talking about some futuristic cyborg being made in a Wuhan lab. It's just a regular doll. You know, those with the not fully developed ears. Made of some type of rubber. I love what CNN wrote: The doll has brown hair and brown eyes and comes with a removable hearing aid. “American Girl has a rich legacy of creating timeless characters who encourage girls to reach for new heights and discover who they're meant to be,” said Jamie Cygielman, general manager of American Girl. “Working with Olympic hopeful surfer Caroline Marks adds real-world inspiration about what can happen when you go ‘all in' on your dreams.” In addition to the doll release, American Girl is partnering with the Hearing Loss Association of America to raise awareness and collect donations. The company also plans to donate $25,000 to the organization and support its annual walk. Starting January 1, it will also take donations for the HLAA in American Girl retail stores. Why not tattoo "Gimmick" across the doll's forehead?  First, selling a “hearing loss” doll is like selling a gluten-free car or a “free-range” sofa. Is your TV hypoallergenic? So does this doll sign? And if so, does it sign in all languages or the language where it is purchased? What if you get a doll that only knows Italian sign language? Do you buy Rosetta Stone for the ASL? Do Dolls Know They're Deaf? Next, if a deaf girl receives a doll, wouldn't she think it was deaf anyway? I'm certainly not picking on deaf people in asking that question. Truth be told I know little about the deaf community, though I grew up with deaf cousin-in-laws. Have I missed something and am only now finding out that the lack of “deaf dolls” is an issue?  I put this up there with the list of Leftist issues nobody cares about:Second-hand smoke (where's that one gone?)The color of park ranger uniformsCalling America the "land of opportunity"Using the word "wife" or "man"; take your pickI think you get the picture. And how do they test the dolls? Or are they just rejects from the production of “hearing dolls”? Or are they the aborted fetus of the pretentious "hearing" crowd who happily abort their deaf dolls? You can already see the can of worms we've opened here. And if you ask if the worms are hearing or deaf, I say to you, "Stop being so tone deaf!" I'm not pointing fingers, but I sense desperation at American Doll. As I highlighted earlier, "the company also plans to donate $25,000 to the organization". Plans to donate? That's not, "has donated" or "will definitely donate". My brother plans to pay me back for the money I loaned him 17 years ago. But I have made no plans to spend that money. I think somebody at American Girl is about to be outsourced with an H1-B Indian. He or she or "heshe" is so desperate to sell dolls, "they" came up with the asinine marketing gimmick. What must the War Room banter have been like as this idea was brought to life by this marketing whiz? “I've got it! We can sell deaf dolls to girls!” "They" continued, "Deaf girls will buy them, as the dolls are relatable. Hearing girls will buy them because they want to virtue-signal that they care about deaf girls." Did the person who thought up this marketing use to work at Hamilton. Because I haven't seen this much virtue-signaling on anything since white people got tricked into that anti-American play guised as support of one of our country's Founding Fathers and prohibited the use of white people in its cast. Hopefully we won't get the torture of Hamilton for the Deaf? What's Next? As for American Girl, what's next? A doll with anxiety disorders? Purchase her and get two free consultations with the doll shrink of your choosing. Or what about a doll with gender dysphoria. I'm still confused about Barbie's "Ken", and I'm not convinced he was the dude in that relationship.  Or how about a doll with a life-threatening peanut allergy, complete with Epipen? Hey, the doll get people's attention, so I'm not mad at American Doll. Maybe I will report on sales in a few months.       https://x.com/ScottPresler/status/1873434699533820232 Did you know that every voter in CA, NV, OR, & WA receives a mail-in ballot (whether or not the voter has requested one)? So, if you move away from one of these states — & don't cancel your voter registration — your old address will still receive a ballot.  [SEGMENT 2-4] Memes as training Brevity is the soul of wit, and the inspiration for lingerie. I love when people can synthesize a message to its essence. Doing that causes you to think. And that's our goal for Leftist in the coming year. Learn how to think. Then practice it ALL YEAR LONG. We have 4 years to drive out points home to Leftists. You game? It's not that difficult to twist Leftists in knots. Just make them live their lies. Twist things back on them.     What if teachers secretly started baptizing kids at school and hid it from their parents? How would the Left react? God made two genders: Leftists made the rest. Santa Claus: works one day. Spends the rest of the year judging you. How much would you pay to see the FBI raid the homes of Pelosi, Obama…the Clintons? Local man addicted to brake fluid says he can stop any time he wants. Santa: Before you make fun of people who believe in me, remember there are adults who still believe in socialism. And just like that, Liz Cheney doesn't like investigations anymore.    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

Will Americans slay our Leviathan government and restore the American dream? Or, will we fail, and continue to allow cronies, fat-cat politicians, and bureaucrats to live off the fruits of our productive labor? Mark Thornton discusses some pertinent lessons from the French Revolution."The Brilliance of Turgot" by Murray N. Rothbard: Mises.org/MI_AThe Turgot Collection: Writings, Speeches, and Letters of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, edited by David Gordon: Mises.org/MI_BDonate $25 or more and receive the December Book Bundle: Mises.org/MinorIssues24Be sure to follow Minor Issues at Mises.org/MinorIssues.

Will Americans know, or have a good sense at least, of who our next president will be by the end of election night?  Polls show a majority of voters are concerned about violence following the election. Officials are monitoring threats and working to safeguard the vote.  Abraham Lincoln’s close friendships with four men may have been sexual relationships too, according to a new documentary called “Lover of Men. Ratings for Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel have plummeted in the last decade. Kids aren’t watching TV the way they used to, or even the shows they used to.

Will Americans take back their country and begin to once again realize the American Dream, or do we continue along a socialistic path with porous borders, a weak economy, high crime and living under a stifling cultural Marxism? Some Governors are preparing for violence no matter who wins. The PAC-Man, Ted Flint, has some final thoughts for those who have yet to make their choice.

JOIN SHERI HORN HASAN @KARMIC EVOLUTION DOT COM for this week's “Karmic Evolution's Astrologically Speaking” podcast that drops today & learn how the Scorpio New Moon moves us to plant seeds that empower us to TRUST ourselves!First we look back at what's been revealed to us with stark clarity this past week since Mercury in Scorpio opposed Taurus Rx in Uranus October 30. Was this aspect of sudden shocking & surprising statements the real “October surprise” leading up to this year's U.S. presidential election? We'll discuss whether, as Mars in Cancer waxes toward its exact opposition to Pluto in Capricorn November 3, the angry racist, xenophobic, & misogynist rhetoric made by a presidential candidate & his supporters will change the outcome of the November 5 U.S. presidential election. This may prove true as Uranus retrograde in Taurus asks us to continue to review & re-evaluate our basic values, especially now based on what prominent people say. History often rhymes, & the current atmosphere bears close similarity to the “October surprise” from October 28, 2016, when a late in the game announcement by then FBI Director James Comey changed the direction of the November 8 election's outcome that year.      In addition, this podcast compares the astrology of the GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's October 27 rally at NYC's Madison Square Garden with the pro-Nazi rally held there on February 20, 1939, & find some not so subtle similarities. Hint: This time transiting Mars in Cancer is opposing both transiting Pluto AND the U.S. natal Pluto in the Sibly chart's 8th & 2nd Houses, respectively. Back in 1939, transiting Pluto in Cancer in the U.S.'s 8th H opposed not only its natal 2nd H position but also transiting Juno in Capricorn there, the goddess asteroid of “the wife” or partnership. Perfect scenario for pissing off those who may formerly have supported you, eh?We look also at how Trump's continuing misogynist rhetoric, including the Mars opposite Pluto type recent statement that he will protect women “whether they like it or not” will spawn a “hell that no fury like a woman scorned” tsunami at the polls. This is entirely possible, now that Trump's 3rd H progressed Scorpio Moon is less than a degree away from an exact square to his natal 12th House Leo Pluto. The simple definition? “Trouble with women!”Meanwhile, the question becomes whether we've heeded the October 2 Libra New Moon solar eclipse's request to plant seeds that blossom into us all becoming our own best partner before seeking external ones. If so, now the Scorpio New Moon tasks us to reject Libra's indecisiveness & instead to go deep into trusting our own inner truth. What does that mean? Well, the message now at this Scorpio New Moon is to plant seeds that can blossom into a greater sense of self-empowerment. That comes through the Mercury opposite Uranus revelations of October 30 that helped spark a deeper understanding & greater consciousness that a strong sense of true inner trust brings with it freedom of choice. We're aided in this endeavor to expand our consciousness when Mercury in Scorpio trines Mars in Cancer & then enters Sagittarius November 2. The exact Mars/Pluto opposition is followed by Venus in Sagittarius's opposition to Jupiter in Gemini November 3, which is also when Mars enters loud & proud Leo later that day.Venus opposite Jupiter brings up the issue of how much is too much & whether those who have more (you know, like billionaires Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos) should share more with those who do not—or at least not accuse the have nots of being lazy good for nothing loafers. You know, those who suck at the teat of government, as former President Ronald Reagan was fond of saying while promoting his austerity-oriented cuts to federal funding. The Scorpio Sun's November 4 trine to Saturn Rx in Pisces --which is slowing down now to station direct on November 15—allows us a clearer mental picture of who we are & what we do in order to develop the self-discipline necessary to accomplish our goals.With that in mind, this podcast explores the transits to the U.S. Sibly chart on election day, November 5, when the Moon moves that morning from fiery adventurous Sagittarius to earthy practical Capricorn as we stand at the threshold of this most important juncture in U.S. history.  How that will play exactly remains to be seen, but know that the “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned Mars/Pluto opposition is still very much in play. As is the square of transiting Saturn retrograde in Pisces in the U.S. 4th House of home, security, tradition, family, nurturing, compassion, memory, & habit to the U.S. Sagittarius/Gemini Ascendant/Descendant axis.Will Americans' relationship with the presidential candidates be “severely tested” now, as astrologer Rob Hand describes this aspect in his book “Planets In Transit.” Or will it result in ”a serious breakdown in your relationships because of misplaced priorities in the past or because of associating with people who were wrong for you in terms of your personal goals & needs.”   Great question, and a good one to keep in mind as some people are still deciding who to vote for. I'll leave everyone with this to ponder now: Is it true that wise ol' Saturn does always know best in the end? Tune in to KARMIC EVOLUTION DO COM starting today for this week's podcast & all the Astro News You Can Use! See you then! Namaste…

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This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the lawsuit against RealPage, a software company the DOJ says helps landlords collude to keep rents too damn high. Also: Was Nvidia's earnings report worth the hype? And Australia got a new “right to disconnect.” Will Americans ever get to unplug? In the bonus mini-episode, the hosts debate whether airports should limit alcohol and the promise and peril of drinking on planes. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Public.com+Public Investing Disclosure: Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the lawsuit against RealPage, a software company the DOJ says helps landlords collude to keep rents too damn high. Also: Was Nvidia's earnings report worth the hype? And Australia got a new “right to disconnect.” Will Americans ever get to unplug? In the bonus mini-episode, the hosts debate whether airports should limit alcohol and the promise and peril of drinking on planes. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Public.com+Public Investing Disclosure: Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the lawsuit against RealPage, a software company the DOJ says helps landlords collude to keep rents too damn high. Also: Was Nvidia's earnings report worth the hype? And Australia got a new “right to disconnect.” Will Americans ever get to unplug? In the bonus mini-episode, the hosts debate whether airports should limit alcohol and the promise and peril of drinking on planes. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Public.com+Public Investing Disclosure: Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the lawsuit against RealPage, a software company the DOJ says helps landlords collude to keep rents too damn high. Also: Was Nvidia's earnings report worth the hype? And Australia got a new “right to disconnect.” Will Americans ever get to unplug? In the bonus mini-episode, the hosts debate whether airports should limit alcohol and the promise and peril of drinking on planes. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Public.com+Public Investing Disclosure: Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. See public.com/#disclosures-main for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the Wildly Uninteresting Podcast :Why is there a large movement of OnlyFans stars turning to christianity and would this change your mind about dating this person in the future.Why do we treat sex workers as if they are "lesser" when in reality it has been around since the beginning of our society? There are people in China who have relationships with AI powered digital characters. Will Americans start to do this eventually?  Being a Porn Star in the midwest and what issues come with it.  What do aging Porn Stars do as a profession once they are not seen as valuable to the industry? Plastic surgery eventually will look terrible, even if in the beginning it looks good. You will get old and the plastic will stay "new". Preteens should learn how to stop trying to "looks max" and go back to enjoying the awkward stages of life. We need to get back to a place where we enjoy those pivotal moments in life. The more I learn about the government and the alphabet agencies of America, I start to understand Ted Kazinsky more and more. Ipad usage has effectively damaged peoples ability to manage their emotions. Is it possible to regain this ability later in life?  When will people realize that WE are the product!? When did companies stop caring for the consumer and start only caring about the profit  Facebook and the MANY ghost accounts. https://www.facebook.com/wildlyuninterestingpodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/wildlyuninterestingpodcast/ https://x.com/WildlyUPodcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wildly-uninteresting-podcast--3098724

We do not have an honest media.  They've been exposed.  Will Americans continue to believe them about Kamala Harris?  She's left of...everyone.  Hans Von Spakovsky joins the show and we bring you a test to find out how smart you really are.  

SUBSCRIBE FOR ALL FULL EPISODES HEREBiden and Trump debate in historic meltdown for the DNC. Biden is declining at a rate so rapid that it cannot be ignored. Listen in for a deep analysis and commentary. What a sad state of affairs for the highest office in the United States. Will Americans unify around the demand to have a competent person representing both parties in a general election? Support the Show.

We're not at war with Communist China, but Communist China is at war with us. It's been waging a chemical war against our people for years. And it's winning.More than 100,000 Americans are dying from drug overdoses every year, and the real number is likely much higher than the one we get from the government. It also doesn't include lives saved from emergency doses of Narcan.Today, Sara welcomes Derek Maltz to discuss how this problem keeps getting worse and Joe Biden's open border makes this chemical warfare easier than ever for China to wage.Maltz served with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for 28 years and also spent 10 years as the Special Agent in Charge of the Justice Department's Special Operations Division. No one advocates more fiercely or tirelessly for the families ripped apart by these poisons flooding our streets than Derek Maltz.Today, Sara and Maltz preview their Border 911 conference scheduled for Wednesday in Chicago, the dramatic influx of poisons even beyond fentanyl onto our streets and what communities around the nation must do to fight back effectively against this chemical warfare.In addition to fentanyl, Sara and Maltz explain how marijuana is produced with much higher levels of THC, leading to many cases of "marijuana psychosis". There's also fentanyl mixed with drugs like xylazine, which literally eats away at the flesh of addicts. Both Sara and Maltz have seen this first hand while working in Philadelphia.It's a war that impacts every community in this nation. And only one side is fighting it. It's time to fight back and win!Thank you for being a part of the Sara Carter Show.Time Stamps:0:05 What does Chicago have to do with the border?9:50 Derek Maltz joins the Sara Carter Show10:53 A life of service13:44 Border 9-11 in Chicago17:04 The proxy war on the American People20:55 President Xi is mega-wealthy21:38 Will Americans ever get justice?22:15 We need better stats25:09 We own the streets, not themPlease visit our great sponsors:Goldcohttp://saralikesgold.comGet your free gold kit today and learn how to get $10,000 in bonus silver. My Pillowhttps://mypillow.comUse code CARTER for $25 prices and free shipping on orders over $75.Visit: https://border911.com/

Elections are gearing up worldwide, and it's a critical time when citizens are standing up against leftist ideology. Will Americans do the same? Blaze Media national correspondent Julio Rosas joins Glenn to discuss what he saw while in D.C. when an anti-Israel protest broke out outside the White House. Host of “The Alex Jones Show” Alex Jones joins to discuss how he found himself owing billions in damages to the families of Sandy Hook, forcing him to liquidate his assets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elections are gearing up worldwide, and it's a critical time when citizens are standing up against leftist ideology. Will Americans do the same? Stu breaks down why some pollsters are now switching from Trump to Biden and why that shouldn't concern the Trump campaign. Is North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) the most likely VP nominee for Trump? Blaze Media national correspondent Julio Rosas joins Glenn to discuss what he saw while in D.C. when an anti-Israel protest broke out outside the White House. Four hostages were rescued from Palestine during an operation by the IDF, but the media are more upset about the Hamas casualties. Host of “The Alex Jones Show” Alex Jones joins to discuss how he found himself owing billions in damages to the families of Sandy Hook, forcing him to liquidate his assets. Is the treatment of Alex Jones and Donald Trump the Left's attempt to force silence on everybody in preparation for whatever happens this fall? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chuck Zodda and Marc Fandetti react to the launch of the Boeing Starliner that is sending NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. Why do Americans have more investment income than ever before? Is the job market turning back in favor of employers? Why are commutes getting longer and longer? Will Americans with adjustable rate mortgages see their payments skyrocket? 

Former US president Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records on Thursday, a first for any current or former American president. However, with the Republican nomination all but secured, the conviction may do little to knock Trump's reelection campaign off course. The FT's US managing editor, Peter Spiegel, and US legal correspondent, Joe Miller, join this week's Swamp Notes to explain why. Mentioned in this podcast:Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in ‘hush money' trialTrump's guilty verdict puts America's political system on trialDonald Trump is a convicted felon. Will Americans still vote for him?Sign up for the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter hereSwamp Notes is produced by Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Lauren Fedor and Marc Filippino. Topher Forhecz is the FT's executive producer. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. Original music by Hannis Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Columbia to the University of Florida, well funded, professional agitators seek to exploit religious & cultural fault lines and destabilize America. These images and videos appear to be components of a classic color revolution. Will Americans fall for it? Today we take a look at the campus chaos and explore the dark money and power behind the movement to bitterly and violently divide America, featuring a great piece by Christopher Rufo in City Journal.  Also featured - Independent reporting from Jen Cabrera on the University of Florida response and subsequent arrest of violent agitators.Read HERE: https://www.city-journal.org/article/katherine-mahers-color-revolutionAnd HERE: https://x.com/jhaskinscabrera/status/1785138287469892009Follow Chris Rufo: @realchrisrufoFollow City Journal: @cityjournalFollow Jen Cabrera: @jhaskinscabrera Extra special bonus from Field of Greens!!!!Plug in the promo code SHANNON for an additional 15% off your purchase!Go to www.fieldofgreens.com to shop and save! Support the Show.Learn more about The Shannon Joy Show HERE ------>www.theshannonjoy.com

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Impeachment becomes a farce, stripping its power to curb government malfeasance. As we witness the erosion of Fourth Amendment rights with bills like HB 7888 passing with bipartisan support, the question arises: Will Americans defend their rights before they're relegated to history's trash bin? The integrity of our constitutional processes hangs in the balance.

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – Impeachment becomes a farce, stripping its power to curb government malfeasance. As we witness the erosion of Fourth Amendment rights with bills like HB 7888 passing with bipartisan support, the question arises: Will Americans defend their rights before they're relegated to history's trash bin? The integrity of our constitutional processes hangs in the balance.

TNT Radio host Patrick Henningsen speaks with Senior Fellow at Defensive Priorities, and host Deep Dive with retired LtCol Daniel Davis, about this week's Congressional escapades – where both Republicans and Democrats teamed-up to throw nearly $100 billion to prop-up the ‘forever wars' overseas – something with has become extremely unpopular with the average American voter, and yet, somehow lawmakers in Washington have slavishly promoted the eternal funding of losing endeavors in Ukraine, Gaza, and Syria – to name only a few. Will Americans be able to overcome the army of lobbyists working for corporate oligarchs on this issue? 

An Interview with Judge Janice Rogers Brown The U.S. Constitution has held our Republic together through wars, the Great Depression and civil unrest. Yet for all that it has helped us endure, the Constitution faces great challenges.  Will Americans cherish and defend it, or bend to efforts to weaken and undermine it?  Our guest on this episode of Voice of Freedom is Judge Janice Rogers Brown. She shares her thoughts on whether citizens have the “discipline and toughness” required to safeguard the Constitution and addresses other significant Constitutional matters. Brown was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2005, where she served until 2017. Before that, she was an associate judge of the California Supreme Court. Topics Discussed: What drew Judge Brown to a career in law and the principles of the Constitution Why she believes the Constitution's teachings are tough The significance of originalism and how to defend it The impact of partisanship on the justice system Her thoughts on whether racial set asides are constitutional How independent thinking and an inquisitive nature shaped her judicial philosophy She has received numerous awards and honors throughout her distinguished career, including a 2018 Bradley Prize. 

A large new study costing almost $200 million will try to identify the ideal diet for individuals. Will Americans care about the results?

President Biden sat through a series of softball questions on 60 Minutes last night in which he assured America that the proxy war in Ukraine and in Israel was "no problem" for us because "we are America, for God's sake." Will Americans agree that billions more are needed to be poured into what is now a two-front war? Also today, Switzerland looks to return to Neutrality.

As we tumble toward 2024, anxiety among Democrats is beginning to simmer. It's easy to understand why. Just look at what happened last week: Biden was giving a press conference in Vietnam about upgrading the country's diplomatic ties when he started rambling: “The Indian looks at John Wayne and points to the Union soldier and says, ‘He's a lying, dog-faced pony soldier!' Well, there's a lot of lying, dog-faced pony soldiers out there about global warming.” Then he said, on mic, that he was going to go to bed. A voice suddenly emerged and jazz music started to play. Biden tried to answer another question, but they cut off his mic. According to a recent CNN poll, 56 percent of Democrats are seriously concerned for Biden's current level of physical and mental competence. Sixty-two percent of Democrats said they are seriously concerned about Biden's ability to serve a full second term. Another poll, by AP-NORC, found that 69 percent of Democrats surveyed think Biden is too old for a second term. Among the people not yet convinced that Biden needs to be in a nursing home is Atlantic staff writer Frank Foer. Foer's new book, The Last Politician, tells the behind-the-scenes story of Biden's first two years in office. Foer says he started as a Biden skeptic. The incoming president was, in his estimation, a bloviator who dangerously fetishized bipartisanship. But he emerges some 400 pages later with a rather more charitable view of the president. Biden is “the father figure of the West,” someone deeply experienced in foreign policy and racking up policy victories at home. Biden, he writes, “is an instructive example of the tedious nobility of the political vocation. Unheroic but honorably human. He will be remembered as the old hack who could.” But. . . why doesn't that come through to the public? Will Americans buy that narrative of Joe Biden in 2024? What of Hunter Biden's legal troubles? The impeachment inquiry? What should we make of the many Biden alternatives eagerly waiting in the wings, and what would it take for one of them to step forward? And is America's gerontocratic elite a fundamental challenge for American democracy? Those questions, and more, on today's episode, guest hosted by Michael Moynihan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well. We did it. Again. Together perhaps. And that is what is most important, right? We traversed another week of the rocky terrain of our shared reality. Together. Welcome back to Law and Legitimacy, where Norm Pattis and Michael Boyer discuss our common conceptions and right and common interest, and scrutinize the declining sense of legitimacy within American institutions. . Today: . › The United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk's SpaceX, alleging employment discrimination on behalf of U.S. persons of the asylum and refugee varieties. . › President Donald J. Trump submitted to his arrest in Fulton County, Georgia, yesterday. He has also made a change to his defense counsel in that case. . › What Norm has affectionately called the "Return of Covidtopia," seems to be gaining momentum. Will Americans again avail themselves of emerging closures, mask mandates, distancing, tracing, and other measures that have rapidly evolved to define an hysteric era in American history? . Join us. . Daily livestreams beginning at 8:00 am EST on: › Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/LawandLegitimacy › Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lawandlegitimacy › X: https://twitter.com/LawPodDaily . Subscribe and turn on notifications! . Support Law and Legitimacy: . - Locals: https://lawandlegitimacy.locals.com/ - X: @LawPodDaily, @PattisNorm, and @MichaelBoyer_ - Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Audible, Spotify, or wherever you receive podcasts and rate LAL 5 stars. - Subscribe here on our Rumble and Youtube channels, give us a Rumble, and join our active community of free-thinkers, contrarians, and the unafraid on Locals!

Join Dr. Jasser this week as he looks at the depth of the Biden administration's surrender to Iran as the US now is set to give over $6B in ransom to Islamist terrorists supposedly in exchange for American hostages and with the release of terrorist spies from our cells. Also, Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy raised some eyebrows after his recent comments about the 9-11 commission. Zuhdi discusses whether it was justified. Also, recent data from Quebec shows how steep the slippery slope is with physician-assisted suicide. Will Americans and especially physicians pay heed?       Keywords: Iran, Islamism, terrorism, Vivek Ramaswamy, hostages, nuclear, physical assisted suicide, MAID Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Stop The Steal” B.S. brainwashed too many Americans in the last presidential election. Now, Trump is busy resurrecting his stuffed ballot lies. Will Americans be trumped into violence again as they were on January 6th? Hypnotized by the lies of Donald Trump. Investigative Journalist, Greg Palast drops in to explain. Veteran War Correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, Phil Ittner joins Thom Hartmann for an update on the war in Ukraine and why reports of Russia's military teetering on disaster might be more wishful thinking than reality. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden's EPA just effectively banned 53% of Americans from buying new cars. Will Americans freak out once they figure it out? Or just accept it?

It was revealed that several terrorists from the watchlist have entered the United States undetected through our southern border. President Biden and the left don't care about human life, they just want to control it. While they claim to care about human life their policies on abortion, national security, and science prove the contrary. Will Americans actually vote for someone that doesn't care about what happens outside of the United States? Imagine taking that approach with Germany in WWII. After two years Americans can now fly without wearing a mask. No more getting arrested or thrown off airplanes because your 3-year-old won't keep their mask on. Yet our federal government resisted letting go of this power until a judge struck it down. Then, the same Administration that is still holding January 6th prisoners, and used the DOJ against concerned parents, and attacks capitalism through the degrowth climate change movement is now enacting a self-imposed ban on defending ourselves against satellite weapons in space. United Airlines claims to be committed to a "carbon-free future" however such a future would kill us. Plants process carbon dioxide to create the air we breathe. It's simply not the job of an airline CEO to be woke.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Monday's Mark Levin Show, it was revealed that several terrorists from the watchlist have entered the United States undetected through our southern border. President Biden and the left don't care about human life, they just want to control it. While they claim to care about human life their policies on abortion, national security, and science prove the contrary. Then, this program has been influential in raising awareness for issues and candidates that matter to America, unlike Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell who stands with RINO's and the teacher's unions that are promoting the teaching of transgenderism in your child's classroom. McConnell raises hundreds of millions of dollars to back candidates that will support him and his leadership perch, not the issues that matter to the people of this great country. Later, nationalism in the context of governing was rejected by the founders as they embraced Americanism. Patriotism is not nationalism. Failure to observe and adhere to Constitutionalism risks the loss of our republic. Will Americans actually vote for someone that doesn't care about what happens outside of the United States? Imagine taking that approach with Germany in WWII. Meanwhile, the federal government keeps records of lots of stuff but neglects others like the number of cases involving teachers that are pedophiles. This institutional failure allows for grooming in (government-run) public schools - why is this ignored in most of our national media? Afterward, Senate candidate Josh Mandel joins the show. Mandel is an Iraq war veteran and former Ohio State Treasurer. As treasurer, he focused on spending in Ohio by creating transparency in state government spending. Mandel added that America grew strong by adhering to Judeo-Christian values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices