People like to blame all kinds of things for political polarization - social media, income inequality, and more. The solutions they offer are usually more government and more centralization of power - which are actually the real cause of the problem in the first place.

Brick-by-brick and person-by-person. State-by-state and issue-by-issue. Building a foundation for the Constitution and Liberty. Surveillance, forfeiture, prohibition and more - reporting on the latest steps forward in the states.

The founders recognized that “there can be no liberty” when legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body of people. Yet, here we are today. These are the worst executive orders in history - and the hardest part is narrowing it down to just the top-5.

In his 1850 pamphlet, “A Defence for Fugitive Slaves,” Lysander Spooner gave us a strategy for how to stop unconstitutional acts: resist. But the philosophical foundation he built this on was nothing new under the sun. In fact, the famed anarchist was merely reaffirming the views of leading Founders.

Born Sept. 27, 1722 - some “experts” would have you believe his political career “peaked” in 1776, and mostly ended there. But more important were his ideas, which not only helped influence an entire generation to resist the empire, but can live on today as well - and help drive resistance to another.

In his 9th essay, Brutus continues his warning that standing armies are always “dangerous to the liberties of a people.” Here, he responds to criticisms of this position by Noah Webster and Alexander Hamilton.

The doctrine of “passive obedience and non-resistance” - was one the founders and old revolutionaries vehemently rejected as destructive to liberty. Yet, here we are today...is it based on fear, or maybe just old habits?

A “frightful despotism,” would be the result of an “alternate domination of one faction over another,” warned George Washington. He was joined - with similar warnings - by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Thomas Jefferson and many others. But this opposition to factions didn’t start with the founding generation at all.

Federalist and Anti-federalist alike were opposed to consolidation of power and the ability of a single person to take the country to war. They also agreed that all power “is derived from the people.” These are three core principles underlying the structure of the Constitution that supporters of the monster state don’t want you to know.

Politics, as Richard Henry Lee put it, is “the science of fraud.” And when it comes to resisting new federal mandates, expect plenty of that science. In this episode, learn the top-4 ways politicians pretend to be on the side of the Constitution and liberty.