Resistor Vic Podcast

Is your state trying to do what Colorado is trying to do? Should states be paying the wealthiest people on Earth to make life harder for their citizens. In this video I explore this question with respect to data centers. I also point out the relationship they have to our growing mass surveillance state.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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Congress wants a raise.

Congress wants to keep its stock trading privileges.

Congress left Washington early rather than take difficult votes.

At the same time, older Americans are being told they must work or volunteer for food assistance.

This video examines the growing gap between what Congress expects from ordinary Americans and what many members of Congress expect from themselves.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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I’ve been thinking about a simple contradiction.

If government is evil, corrupt, and illegitimate, why would someone want to serve in it?

This video examines Colorado legislators with ties to anti-government activism, the political money that supports them, and the growing disconnect between the oath of office and the people taking it.

Maybe the most important question isn’t who they are.

Maybe it’s why they wanted the job in the first place.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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Thinking about America lately can put a person in a funk.

This video started there. But after thinking about the similarities between modern America and the early 1930s, I found a silver lining that I didn’t expect.

History has warnings in it.It also has patterns.

That’s what this video is about.

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I’m expecting another endorsement announcement in the coming days. But 3.14 Action Fund is my first!

3.14 Action Fund exists to help Democrats with math and science backgrounds get elected at all levels of government. I have a Mathematics degree with a minor in physics. I’m very concerned, for my grandchildren’s sake, about climate change. I believe strongly in what 3.14 Action Fund stands for and I’m proud to have their endorsement.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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Gun control has become one of the most polarized debates in America.

I’m not interested in treating it like a tribal loyalty test.

In this video, I explain why I won’t be filling out gun-control surveys from advocacy groups, where I actually stand on gun legislation, and why I believe we should spend more time addressing the causes of violence instead of endlessly dividing Americans into camps.

I own firearms. I support some gun laws. Some recent laws don’t make much sense to me. But after forty years of this debate, the violence continues while the division gets worse.

If we want less violence, we need stronger communities.

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Mateo Montoya-Collis is a 20 year law enforcement veteran and progressive candidate for sheriff in the deep dark red El Paso County, Colorado.

Can he win? Big Mike will ask the questions to help find out.

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In Part 3 of my Liberty vs. Safety series, I stop talking about the problem and start talking about solutions.

For decades, lawmakers have known surveillance powers could be abused. The Church Committee warned about it. Congress reacted to it. Then over time, many leaders stopped treating liberty as something that needed protecting and started treating it like an inconvenience.

I explain why I believe states must remove themselves from complicity with federal surveillance systems, what kind of legislation I would introduce in Colorado, and why the normal political strategy for passing legislation no longer works.

We can keep doing what we’ve always done.

Or we can do something different.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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For years, Americans were told government surveillance powers would only be used against dangerous threats.

Then the Church Committee uncovered the truth.

COINTELPRO targeted activists, anti-war groups, civil rights leaders, and Americans exercising First Amendment rights. The Senate investigation concluded that some officials believed national security placed them above the law.

That warning matters even more in an era of AI surveillance, facial recognition, and mass data collection.

This video is the first part of a series exploring liberty, safety, and whether modern lawmakers still understand the difference.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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Most Americans have never read the Church Committee report.

Maybe they should.

In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, the federal government used surveillance powers against Americans exercising constitutional rights. Congress investigated those abuses and concluded that senior officials believed national security placed them above the law.

That investigation eventually led to FISA.

In this video, I explore the warning signs from that era, and why they still matter today.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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