Summary:The Trump administration’s summary execution of “narco-terrorists” has sparked fierce debate across the political spectrum. Tom’s guest Mike Bedenbaugh says this rejection of due process is symptomatic of the fundamental damage to our federal republic that he talks about repairing in his new book.Video version here!Guest bio:Mike Bedenbaugh is a Navy Veteran, historic preservationist, political...
Summary: The Trump administration has been summarily executing suspected drug dealers from the air and now says he will begin hitting land targets. These extrajudicial murders are unconstitutional, un-American, and unprovoked acts of war against Venezuela. Links: Summarily Murdering Venezuelan “Narco-Terrorists” is Profoundly Un-American JAMES MADISON, WAR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, JUNE 1, 1812 Support for...
Summary: Fittingly, DOGE Is laid to rest just as Trump inexplicably pivots to acts of war against Venezuela. Spending is already increasing twice as fast under Trump as under Biden, and no, AI will not make work optional or money obsolete, regardless of what dreamy socialists like Elon Musk might tell you. Links: Venezuela could...
Summary: Millions of Americans are invested in the narrative surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The left believes release of the so-called “Epstein client list” will finally bring down their arch-nemesis, President Trump. The right is split between believing it will expose a vast network of satanic pedophiles controlling world governments or connections to foreign...
Summary: The bias and corruption of legacy media have given rise to a plethora of alternative media via webcasts, podcasts, and blogs. But just because they tell a different story doesn’t make all alternative media accurate. Thomas Eddlem joins Tom to dispel some fake news on immigration. Watch the video version here! Guest Bio: Thomas...
Summary: The media tell us the Trump administration has expended tremendous effort trying to “mediate” between the Ukrainian and Russia governments to bring about an end to the Ukraine War. Time magazine reports that Putin missed a chance to swing the U.S. to his side when relations cooled between Trump and Zelensky. Daniel McAdams joins...
Summary: The American fairy tale says the so called “free press” hold the government accountable and informs the public so they can make informed political decisions. In reality, not only does the news media misinform the public, the public would make better political decisions if no news media existed at all. Tom makes that case...
Summary: Libertarians and other free market advocates tend to dismiss Trump’s tariff policy out of hand as simply economically ignorant mercantilism. But the policy advisors around Trump are not ignorant of free trade arguments but rather are highly credentialed economists whose true arguments must be first understood before being refuted. Austrian economist Robert P. Murphy,...
Summary: Many people are debating the effects of Trump’s tariffs on traditional free trade vs. protectionism grounds. But Peter Schiff says no one is talking about what artificially reducing trade deficits with tariffs may do to the U.S. dollar and U.S. bonds. Guest Bio: Peter Schiff is the Senior Economist and Chief Market Strategist for...
Summary: President Trump has designated April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day,” as he claims the reciprocal tariffs he imposes on American importers will make the rest of the country freer. But tariffs don’t make a country freer or richer and aren’t beneficial even as a response to like treatment from trading partners. As have conservatives throughout...