Resistor Vic Podcast

This isn’t about one bad stop or one mistaken accusation. It’s about a system that scans billions of license plates every month and treats its own data as certainty.

In Colorado, we already have real examples of people being pulled over or accused of crimes because that system got it wrong. And once that happens, the burden shifts. People have to prove their innocence instead of the system proving guilt.

The danger isn’t just that the system fails. It’s how often it operates—and how much power it has when it does.

At the state level, we still have a chance to set limits, require oversight, and protect people before this becomes permanent.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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This has been a long time coming. Before I decided to run for Colorado House District 47 (learn more about that here: Vic Meyers for Democracy), I committed to having a TikTok live event and then a YouTube live event and, if things went well, a Substack live event to use my channels to promote artists who perform resistance music. This should have happened two months ago but since I announced my campaign, something I wasn’t planning on doing at the time, I’ve been too busy.

The TikTok finally got scheduled. I’m not sure if I’ll get to the YouTube one. I’m still hoping to choose one or two of the artists who perform and do a Substack live.

I think protest music is incredibly important and this is my way of using my platform to help get more of it out there.

I also talk a little about the Virginia redistricting election victory. I don’t think we should be celebrating it so much. In addition to the bigger picture (it’s still gerrymandering), everybody seems to think this is guaranteed victory.

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

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Congress just rushed through another extension of Section 702, a surveillance program that allows the government to collect communications without a warrant.

It was designed for foreign intelligence. But in practice, it has already been used to conduct hundreds of thousands of searches on Americans.

That’s not a future concern. That’s already happened.

The bigger issue isn’t just how the data is collected. It’s what happens once it exists. Because once your information is in a system like this, it doesn’t stay contained. It gets searched, shared, and expanded.

That’s why I believe states need to step in where the federal government won’t.

I’m committed to introducing legislation in Colorado to stop state and local agencies from collecting bulk data on innocent people and sharing it with the federal government.

VicMeyersforDemocracy.com

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I think I finally know what it’s like when folks who like to pan for gold find a big nugget.

I initially invited Kelly Thompson, congressional candidate for Indiana CD3, because her ABOUT page on her website talks about how she used to be a Republican.

While preparing to record, I read more of her website and I was starting to second-guess my decision. Then I talked to her. Now I wish she was running in my congressional district. (we discussed her website, I think she’s going to revise it)

Our initial recording had connectivity problems because there was a storm in her area. I couldn’t clean up the recording well enough to post but I was so impressed by her that I had to try again. So, this recording is take two and I’m even more impressed. If Kelly Thompson loses to her incumbent, hardcore Trump sycophant Representative then Congress and America will be worse off for it.

She’s the kind of person that I’m hoping we have more of when I get elected to the Colorado State House.

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We don’t just vote for policies. We vote for the people who decide who holds power.

The founders built a system to check power, requiring the Senate to confirm presidential nominees to prevent unfit people from taking office. But when we adopted direct election of senators, we didn’t just gain influence. We took on responsibility.

If senators confirm unqualified or unfit individuals, that responsibility doesn’t stop with them.

It comes back to us.

So the question isn’t just who they confirmed.

The question is: who put them there?

vicmeyersfordemocracy.com

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I was eight years old, and I don’t remember every detail, but I remember the feeling. The country came together. Not perfectly, not without problems, but there was a sense that we were part of something shared.

That’s what stuck with me.

And it’s what feels missing right now.

After I finished recording the video, something hit me.

This idea is bigger than a video.

It’s not enough for one person to talk about conserving water. It’s not enough for people to make small changes at home, even though those things matter.

What’s missing is leadership.

We’re already seeing restrictions in places like Colorado. We’re already seeing warning signs in the snowpack. And yet, the response still feels scattered. Individual. Optional.

That’s not how you get through something like this.

If we’re heading into the kind of drought conditions this year is pointing toward, then we don’t need suggestions. We need direction. We need coordination. We need leaders who are willing to stand up and say, clearly and directly, “This is what we have to do, and this is why.”

That’s not happening.

And it should be.

This shouldn’t be coming from some guy standing out on the prairie making a video. It should be coming from people with the authority to bring communities together and set expectations before things get worse.

So I’m going to take that step myself.

I plan to bring this idea to my local city council. Not because I think I have all the answers, but because I think someone needs to start the conversation in a way that matches the scale of the problem.

And if I’m thinking about doing that, I have to assume I’m not the only one.

If this resonates with you, don’t just watch the video and move on.

Think about where you live. Think about who makes decisions in your community. Think about what it would look like for people there to actually lead on something like this.

Because if this really is one of those moments where we need to come together, it’s not going to happen on its own.

It’s going to take people deciding that it matters enough to act.

Please share this one. Not for me. For us.

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Assemblies are over and Alex Kelloff is officially on the ballot to represent Colorado Congressional District 3. An unexpected challenger put his name in the hat 4 hours before the deadline. There will be a primary in this race. Will Alex, who has been campaigning for a year, emerge the winner?

Big Mike is still hosting most of my episodes while I campaign for Colorado House District 47. I’ll be on next week with Frank Barnitz. Frank is running for Congress in Missouri CD8 against MAGA stalwart Jason Smith.

Side note: Jason Smith was IN THE CROWD on J6! How does a guy like that get elected? Come back next week and hear from a better alternative.

And if you want to support my campaign or learn more about it, go to vicmeyersfordemocracy.com.

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People often ask why the military hasn’t stepped in during to save us from Trump. In this video, I explore a different possibility—one that challenges the assumption behind the question itself. Drawing on my perspective as a veteran, I walk through a scenario that may explain more than we realize, and why the absence people see might not be absence at all.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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The 25th Amendment isn’t the safety valve people think it is.

It requires action from the very people who have shown no willingness to act — and Congress can’t invoke it themselves. That’s the reality we’re dealing with.

So if that’s not the answer, what is?

In this video, I break down what the 25th Amendment actually says, why it won’t work in this situation, and what action still matters right now.

Vic Meyers for Democracy

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This episode was supposed to feature Alan Govenar. Alan is a Guggenheim Fellow who made an excellent documentary on Jasper, Texas.

Unfortunately, 4 hours before record-time, I received an email saying he couldn’t make it. I called my friend Will Westmoreland. We had both been wanting to do something like this for some time now so he accepted my last-minute invitation.

I’m so glad he did because it was a great conversation about rural America.

Enjoy.

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