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Pasquale Paoli inspired the American Revolution long before 1776. Discover how this forgotten Corsican patriot gave the Sons of Liberty a model of resistance, constitutional government, and national courage.

Long before the Founding Fathers declared independence, Pasquale Paoli led the Corsican Republic against imperial power and proved that constitutional self-government was possible. In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano explores the Corsican Revolution, Paoli's influence on colonial America, and why his defeat still warns us about the fragility of constitutional liberty.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The Pre-1776 Blueprint: How Pasquale Paoli established a constitutional republic two decades before the Declaration of Independence
• The Sons of Liberty Connection: Why American colonists and patriot leaders celebrated Paoli as a symbol of resistance to tyranny
• The Battle of Ponte Novu: How France crushed the Corsican Republic and reinforced colonial fears about imperial power
• The Paoli Massacre Connection: How Paoli's name traveled from Corsica to a Pennsylvania battlefield during the American Revolution
• A Warning for Modern America: Why no constitution can preserve liberty without informed and engaged citizens

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Episode Chapters

• 00:00 Pasquale Paoli: The Forgotten Revolutionary Who Inspired America
• 03:37 Corsica's Rebellion Against Genoese Rule
• 05:20 Paoli's Return and the Fight for Corsican Independence
• 06:44 The 1755 Corsican Constitution and Self-Government
• 08:06 How Paoli Inspired the Sons of Liberty
• 09:04 France Crushes Corsica at the Battle of Ponte Novu
• 18:04 What Corsica's Fall Teaches Modern America About Liberty

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The Oath of Office requires public officials to support and defend the Constitution. But can DSA officials honor that pledge while they seek to dismantle its core structure?

Josh Hammer joins The P.A.S. Report Podcast with Professor Nick Giordano to examine the conflict between the Democratic Socialists of America and the United States Constitution. Hammer, author of Israel and Civilization, host of The Josh Hammer Show, and senior counsel at the Article III Project, explains why proposals to abolish the Senate, weaken the courts, and eliminate constitutional safeguards raise serious questions about the oath under 5 U.S.C. § 3331. The conversation also explores the collapse of civic education, the difference between constitutional reform and constitutional subversion, the Islamist-Marxist alliance, and the political divide over Israel.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why the DSA agenda threatens separation of powers and constitutional government
• Whether officials can reject the Constitution's structure yet swear to defend it
• Where legitimate constitutional reform ends and constitutional subversion begins
• How poor civic education leaves Americans unable to recognize constitutional threats
• Why opposition to Israel now spans the progressive left and parts of the populist right

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Chapters

• 01:03 Introduction to Josh Hammer and the Oath of Office Debate
• 02:28 How Radical Movements Threaten the Constitution
• 03:55 When Political Reform Becomes Constitutional Subversion
• 05:02 Why the Oath of Office Still Matters
• 06:26 Separation of Powers Under Attack
• 14:26 How Education Fuels America's Civic Crisis
• 16:42 Can America Restore Patriotism and Constitutional Loyalty?

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Most people think that socialism will come to America suddenly through either a violent revolution or in some other dramatic fashion, but what if Americans simply voted for it one entitlement, one regulation, and one government guarantee at a time?

In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano takes the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) platform at its word and follows democratic socialism to its logical conclusion. From rent control, social housing, and single-payer healthcare to public ownership of major industries and a new constitutional system, this episode examines how socialist policies could transform private property, the economy, individual freedom, and the relationship between American citizens and government.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• The Road to Socialist America: How democratic socialism could advance through incremental policies, government guarantees, and greater dependency without a violent revolution
• Private Property and the Housing Crisis: How rent controls, government housing policies, and restrictions on landlords could weaken private property rights while driving greater government control of housing
• Healthcare, Redistribution, and Government Dependency: Why single-payer healthcare and wealth redistribution could expand bureaucratic power without eliminating inequality
• Nationalization and the American Economy: What DSA proposals for public ownership of major corporations and essential industries could mean for investment, innovation, economic growth, and prosperity
• The Constitution and a Democratic Socialist Republic: Why the DSA calls for a new constitution, abolition of the Senate, and fundamental changes to the presidency, Supreme Court, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

Episode Chapters

• 00:00 – What Would a Socialist America Actually Look Like?
• 03:20 – The Democratic Socialist Platform: Government Control From Cradle to Grave
• 13:00 – How Socialism Takes Hold: The Incremental Path to Government Dependency
• 20:18 – Socialist Control of Housing, Healthcare, and the Economy
• 25:44 – From Private Property to Government Control of American Industry
• 36:52 – How Socialism Dismantles the Constitution and Checks and Balances
• 43:12 – The Socialist Endgame—and How Americans Can Stop It

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Anthony Fauci pleads the Fifth more than 100 times, raising one unavoidable question: Why won't the media ask the questions every American should ask? RFK Jr.'s confrontation with CNN exposed far more than a disagreement over COVID. Together, these moments reveal a deeper crisis: the death of a press that once held government accountable.

Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times after receiving one of the broadest presidential pardons in modern history, yet much of the legacy media showed little interest in examining the constitutional, legal, and political implications. At the same time, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s exchange with Dana Bash exposed how many journalists now defend government authority instead of challenging it.

This episode goes far beyond COVID. It examines what happens when the media, bureaucracy, politicians, and powerful institutions stop holding one another accountable. Professor Nick Giordano breaks down the constitutional questions surrounding Fauci's testimony, the media's role during the pandemic, the collapse of journalistic skepticism, and why every American - Republican, Democrat, and Independent alike - must demand accountability before the next national emergency.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Why Anthony Fauci's Fifth Amendment testimony raises major constitutional and legal questions.
• How RFK Jr.'s CNN interview challenged the media's COVID narrative and exposed the collapse of journalistic skepticism.
• Why emergency powers, censorship, and bureaucratic overreach threaten constitutional government and individual liberty.
• How the media, bureaucracy, politicians, and Big Tech reinforced one another instead of holding each other accountable.
• What concrete reforms can restore constitutional guardrails, government accountability, and a truly independent press.

If you care about the Constitution, freedom of the press, government accountability, and the future of self-government, this episode is for you.

Episode Chapters

00:00 – Fauci Pleads the Fifth and the Death of a Free Press 03:12 – RFK Jr. vs. CNN: Media Bias, COVID, and the First Amendment 08:04 – COVID Government Overreach: Lockdowns, Censorship, and Constitutional Rights 15:06 – Fauci's Fifth Amendment, Mike Pence, and Bureaucratic Accountability 24:33 – The Administrative State, Big Tech, and the Collapse of Accountability 31:30 – Restoring Constitutional Guardrails Before the Next Emergency 37:01 – The Founders' Warning: Freedom, Courage, and the Future of America

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John Hart signed the Declaration of Independence knowing it would make him one of Britain's most wanted men. His extraordinary story reveals the true meaning of American grit and the sacrifices that built the United States.

Most Americans have never heard of Declaration signer John Hart, yet his life captures the courage, resilience, and unwavering conviction that made American independence possible. As British troops and Hessian mercenaries swept across New Jersey during the Revolutionary War, Hart fled his home, lost his wife, watched his thirteen children scatter, and saw his livelihood destroyed. Rather than surrender, he rebuilt his farm, returned to public service, and even hosted George Washington and 12,000 Continental soldiers before the Battle of Monmouth.

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, this episode of the America's Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast uncovers the remarkable story of one of America's most overlooked Founding Fathers while exploring why his example of character, resilience, self-reliance, and civic responsibility remains just as relevant today. Discover how John Hart's story reveals the qualities that built the American Republic and why preserving freedom still depends on ordinary citizens willing to stand by their convictions. Our independence did not rest solely on famous figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Why John Hart risked everything by signing the Declaration of Independence
• How the Revolutionary War transformed a respected New Jersey farmer into a hunted fugitive
• The heartbreaking personal sacrifices Hart endured, including the loss of his wife while living in hiding
• What American grit truly means and why conviction only matters when it faces real tests
• How ordinary citizens, not just famous Founding Fathers, built the foundation of American self-government
• Why John Hart's life offers timeless lessons about resilience, self-reliance, civic responsibility, and preserving freedom

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Episode Chapters

• 00:00 John Hart: The Declaration Signer Who Risked Everything
• 02:30 From Farmer to Founding Father: John Hart's Journey
• 05:07 Signing the Declaration of Independence and Becoming a Target
• 07:24 Hunted by the British: John Hart's Greatest Sacrifice
• 09:44 Rebuilding a Nation: John Hart, George Washington, and the American Revolution
• 11:29 What John Hart Teaches About American Grit and Conviction
• 13:24 Why John Hart's Story Still Matters Today

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Information Warfare is transforming the American mind into the newest battlefield in modern conflict. Every day, foreign adversaries exploit social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, automated bot networks, and human psychology to manipulate public opinion, deepen political division, and weaken constitutional self-government without firing a single shot.

In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano explains how China, Russia, Iran, and other hostile actors exploit America's greatest vulnerability: the collapse of critical thinking and civic education. Rather than persuading Americans to embrace a foreign ideology, these adversaries amplify existing political divisions, conspiracy theories, and outrage to erode trust in the Constitution, public institutions, and one another. Most importantly, this episode lays out a constitutional framework for defeating information warfare while fiercely protecting the First Amendment, free speech, and individual liberty.

If Americans lose the ability to distinguish truth from manipulation, constitutional self-government cannot survive. Understanding information warfare is no longer optional. It is essential to preserving a free society.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• The New Battlefield: How modern information warfare and cognitive warfare target the American mind instead of physical territory.
• The Mechanics of Manipulation: How social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, bot networks, and information laundering manufacture false consensus and hijack public debate.
• America's Greatest Vulnerability: How confirmation bias, selective skepticism, conspiracy theories, and outrage culture turn ordinary citizens into unwitting participants in foreign influence operations.
• The Human Layer: How covert funding networks, advocacy organizations, media outlets, and online influencers amplify foreign narratives and deepen political division.
• Defending the Republic: How We the People can rebuild critical thinking, reject government censorship, strengthen civic responsibility, and defend constitutional liberty without sacrificing the First Amendment.

Topics Covered: Information Warfare, Cognitive Warfare, Foreign Influence Operations, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media Algorithms, Bot Networks, Critical Thinking, First Amendment, Constitutional Republic, National Security

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Episode Chapters

• 01:32 The American Mind: The New Battlefield
• 08:09 How Foreign Propaganda Exploits American Divisions
• 12:05 AI, Bot Networks, and Information Laundering
• 20:02 Why Americans Are So Easy to Manipulate
• 26:00 Conspiracy Theories, Outrage, and the Collapse of Critical Thinking
• 34:42 The Real Goal: Destroying Trust in America
• 39:35 Defending the Republic Without Sacrificing Liberty

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Did history judge Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, too quickly? Richard Stockton risked his wealth, reputation, and life for American liberty. Yet after British forces captured him, imprisoned him under brutal conditions, and stripped him of his fortune, his legacy became clouded by controversy.

In this episode of America's Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano uncovers the extraordinary story of Richard Stockton, one of the most misunderstood Founding Fathers of the American Revolution. As America commemorates America 250, explore the historical debate surrounding Stockton's alleged recantation, the devastating sacrifices he endured in British captivity, and the timeless lesson his life teaches about courage, conviction, and the danger of judging historical figures from the comfort of history.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Why Richard Stockton risked everything by signing the Declaration of Independence
• The brutal reality of Stockton's capture by Loyalists and imprisonment in New York's notorious Provost Jail
• The historical evidence, competing accounts, and unanswered questions surrounding whether Richard Stockton recanted his support for American independence
• How the American Revolution destroyed Stockton's health, Morven estate, legal career, and personal fortune
• Why Richard Stockton's story challenges the way we judge historical figures and reveals what true sacrifice for liberty really looks like

Richard Stockton reminds us that freedom was not secured by perfect people. It was secured by ordinary men and women who accepted extraordinary risks in pursuit of liberty. Before passing judgment on America's Founding Fathers, perhaps the better question is whether any of us could have endured what Richard Stockton faced.

Topics Covered: Richard Stockton, Declaration of Independence, America's Founding Series, Founding Fathers, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, British captivity, Provost Jail, Morven, America 250

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Episode Chapters

• 01:34 Would You Recant? Richard Stockton's Impossible Choice
• 03:32 Richard Stockton: The Declaration Signer Who Risked Everything
• 07:12 Signing the Declaration of Independence and Paying the Ultimate Price
• 10:41 Captured by the British: Inside New York's Infamous Provost Jail
• 12:38 Did Richard Stockton Recant? The Historical Debate Explained
• 14:57 The Extraordinary Sacrifice History Judged Too Quickly
• 16:08 Before We Judge America's Founding Fathers: Richard Stockton's Enduring Lesson

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The Iran Conflict headlines dominate the news, but the media rarely explains the bigger global war taking shape behind the scenes. Discover how Iran, China, Russia, and information warfare fit into a broader geopolitical strategy that could reshape America's future.

Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Green Beret Matt Tardio, host of the Speak the Truth Podcast, joins The P.A.S. Report to break down the Iran conflict, America's military objectives, and the growing alliance between America's adversaries. From the tactical realities of the Strait of Hormuz to the rise of information warfare and cognitive warfare, this conversation explores the strategic challenges that rarely receive serious media attention. Americans cannot understand today's conflicts without understanding the broader geopolitical web connecting Iran, China, Russia, and the battle for global influence.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Iran, China & Russia: Why the Iran conflict extends far beyond the Middle East and directly impacts the global balance of power.
• Winning Modern Wars: Whether America can achieve strategic victory when political leaders limit military objectives.
• Information Warfare: How foreign adversaries use disinformation, social media, and cognitive warfare to influence public opinion and weaken national security.
• Military Readiness: Why understanding America's adversaries remains essential to restoring deterrence and preparing for future conflicts.
• The Strait of Hormuz: Why this narrow waterway remains one of the world's most important strategic flashpoints.

Topics Covered: Iran conflict, Iran war, Matt Tardio, Special Forces, Green Beret, Speak the Truth Podcast, Strait of Hormuz, information warfare, cognitive warfare, China, Russia, national security, geopolitics, military strategy, foreign policy

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Chapters

• 02:36 Iran Conflict Explained: The Global War Beyond the Middle East
• 06:38 Regime Change in Iran: Is It Possible or a Dangerous Mistake?
• 11:36 Why America Wins Battles but Struggles to Win Wars
• 16:07 Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Cost of Ignoring Culture and History
• 17:42 The China Russia Iran Alliance: The Geopolitical Threat Facing America
• 29:20 Radical Islam, Terrorism, and the Ideological War Against the West
• 34:13 Information Warfare: How Social Media, Bots, and Disinformation Shape Public Opinion

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Who actually governs America? Has the administrative state accumulated so much power that it now operates beyond the constitutional authority granted by the American people through their elected representatives?

In this episode of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano examines newly declassified intelligence records, the Floris email, and FBI documents released by Senator Chuck Grassley. These revelations raise serious constitutional questions about whether unelected bureaucrats manipulated intelligence, suppressed critical information, and increasingly viewed themselves as independent from the elected officials they are supposed to serve.

This episode examines the administrative state, the Intelligence Community, constitutional accountability, separation of powers, and the growing influence of the permanent bureaucracy, often referred to as the Deep State, through the lens of the U.S. Constitution and the Federalist Papers. Discover how post-9/11 intelligence reforms, institutional self-preservation, and bureaucratic mission creep may have shifted power away from elected officials and toward unelected government institutions, raising a fundamental question: Do the American people still govern the United States, or has the administrative state become America's unelected fourth branch of government?

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Why newly declassified intelligence documents raise constitutional questions that extend far beyond a single administration.
• How the administrative state expanded after 9/11 and fundamentally changed the relationship between intelligence agencies, elected officials, and the American people.
• Why controlling the flow of intelligence can shape constitutional decision-making at the highest levels of government.
• How mission creep, bureaucratic self-preservation, and institutional incentives threaten constitutional accountability.
• Why the Founders designed a government accountable to We the People and what happens when permanent institutions begin operating outside those constitutional boundaries.

Topics Covered: Administrative State, Deep State, Intelligence Community, FBI, FISA, Constitutional Accountability, Separation of Powers, Self-Government, Federalist 51, Permanent Bureaucracy, Floris Email, Intelligence Reform, Chuck Grassley, Professor Nick Giordano, The P.A.S. Report Podcast

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Episode Chapters

• 01:32 Who Actually Governs America?
• 04:43 Declassified Intelligence and the Administrative State
• 12:19 The Bureaucracy vs. the Constitution
• 21:27 How the Administrative State Took Power
• 28:52 Intelligence, FISA, and Government Abuse
• 38:59 Why Bureaucracies Protect Themselves
• 44:42 Can America Restore Constitutional Accountability?

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What happened to Abraham Clark after signing the Declaration of Independence? The famous pledge of "our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" became devastatingly personal when British forces captured his two sons and subjected them to brutal imprisonment during the American Revolution.

Most Americans know the words of the Declaration of Independence, but few understand what those words demanded of the Founding Fathers who signed it. In this episode of America's Founding Series on The P.A.S. Report Podcast, Professor Nick Giordano tells the extraordinary story of Abraham Clark, whose commitment to liberty was tested through his own family. Discover what American independence truly cost, why Clark's sacrifice reveals the meaning of sacred honor, and what his legacy teaches us today about character, civic responsibility, and preserving a constitutional republic.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• The Untold Story: Why Abraham Clark's family paid one of the highest personal prices of the American Revolution.
• The Brutal Reality of British Captivity: The horrific conditions aboard British prison ships like the HMS Jersey and how Clark's family endured that nightmare.
• "Sacred Honor" Defined: What "our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor" actually meant to the men who signed the Declaration of Independence.
• Character Over Comfort: Why constitutions and institutions alone cannot preserve liberty without citizens willing to defend enduring principles.
• The Lesson for Today: What Abraham Clark's sacrifice teaches every generation about protecting freedom and preserving the American republic.

Topics Covered: Abraham Clark, Declaration of Independence, Founding Fathers, American Revolution, Signers of the Declaration, Sacred Honor, American History, Constitutional Republic, Liberty, America's Founding Series

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Episode Chapters

• 01:30 The True Cost of Signing the Declaration of Independence
• 02:55 Who Was Abraham Clark? The Forgotten Founding Father
• 06:04 The Declaration of Independence and the Meaning of Sacred Honor
• 07:58 Abraham Clark's Sons Captured During the American Revolution
• 11:32 The Impossible Choice: Family or American Independence?
• 14:06 What Abraham Clark Teaches About Character and Liberty Today
• 19:53 The Enduring Lesson: Sacrifice Preserves Freedom

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