Lauren Fix: Discusses a recent statement from Germany’s leading automotive analyst that the EV transition in Germany is over and combustion engines are making a comeback.

Andrew Authur: Provides updates on immigration and border issues.

Karen Levine: Focuses on finding joy even in challenging times.

Rick Turnquist: Discusses his essay “Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Away (In Honor of Earth Day)”.

Nephi Cole: Addresses radical legislation in the Colorado State House that aims to take away gun rights.

Jim May: Shares some cowboy poetry.

On April 17, 2024, Josh Philipp, Trent Loos, and Lorne Levy joined the show. Exposed ByteDance’s 2018 pledge to enforce CCP doctrine and revealed the UN-coordinated migrant pipeline from Panama to US cities, funded by American taxpayers Detailed the history of federal RFID ear tag mandates and critiqued Colorado’s HB 24-1375 requiring nonlethal wolf coexistence while ranchers bear predator stress costs Discussed interest rate.

Start listening at 30:45 – Hour 1

Josh Philipp, senior investigative reporter with the Epoch Times, breaks down why TikTok represents far more than a social media app. ByteDance’s founder issued a 2018 public apology letter vowing to enforce “core socialist values” and Marxism-Leninism across all future ventures. The company promised direct access to Chinese agencies and committed to messaging aligned with Xi Jinping thought. Philipp warns the problem extends beyond one app: American social networks routinely sell personal data to Chinese companies, which under Chinese law means the CCP gets access.

The House bill to force divestiture raises censorship concerns that Trump and Elon Musk have highlighted. While some critiques took language out of context, Philipp identifies a genuine loophole: the president alone determines what constitutes a “foreign hostile government,” opening potential for misuse against political opponents. China’s unrestricted warfare doctrine encompasses psychological, media, culture, drug, and immigration warfare designed to strangle adversaries using their own open systems.

“I believe truth is powerful, and I believe that truth is more powerful than all the dictators in the world. I think it’s why, frankly, every single communist regime, one of the first things they do is try to silence people.”

Josh Philipp, Senior Investigative Reporter, Epoch Times

Start listening at 48:03 – Hour 1

Josh Philipp reveals the infrastructure behind the border crisis from his on-the-ground investigation in Panama’s Darien Gap. The Global Compact for Migration, passed under Obama in 2015 and rejoined by Biden, coordinates the entire system. The International Organization for Migration and other UN agencies operate processing camps where migrants receive buses northward through Central America. Nicaragua is the exception, where criminal organizations take over before cartels manage the final Mexico-to-US crossing.

Once migrants turn themselves in to Border Patrol, DHS processes them and provides free airplane tickets to anywhere in the country. NGOs redistribute arrivals to prevent visible concentrations. The system exists to create a permanent dependent voting base for Democrats, advance UN “global equity” by weakening Western nations, and install what Philipp calls the “multipolar world order” led by China, Russia, and Iran.

Start listening at 77:59 – Hour 2

Trent Loos traces the history of mandatory electronic livestock identification back to 2006, when public outcry stopped the USDA’s original RFID mandate. Today, commodity groups have reversed their opposition even as the core question remains: why does government need to mandate what already exists through paper trails and health papers? The claim that RFID protects food safety is false. When one cow tested positive for BSE in Washington in 2002, authorities traced its entire history within 24 hours without electronic tags.

Some argue the mandate opens export markets, particularly with Japan. Loos rejects this, noting Japan has purchased American beef for years without a national ID system. The real concern: manufacturers of Chinese-made tags lobbying government agencies while small cattlemen bear the compliance costs passed to consumers.

“Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that we need to mandate an ID system for a person or a food animal. We’re way beyond the scope of what the Constitution says we’re supposed to be doing.”

Trent Loos, Sixth-Generation Farmer and Rancher

Start listening at 94:31 – Hour 2

Trent Loos exposes the contradiction in Colorado’s HB 24-1375, which mandates “nonlethal coexistence” with wolves and other wild carnivores. The same officials demanding optimal animal welfare for livestock simultaneously introduce apex predators that cause chronic stress to herds. A young Arizona rancher featured on Loos’s program spends 4 to 12 hours daily in the saddle managing Mexican wolf pressure on his cattle.

Loos connects predator stress on livestock to the anxiety inflicted on young Americans through climate alarmism and gender ideology. Both represent deliberate destabilization tactics straight from Marxist playbooks. Nebraska State Senator Steve Halloran faced calls to resign after reading sexually explicit content from school library books into the legislative record, demonstrating how the real scandal gets inverted when truth-tellers expose what children access daily.

Josh Philipp: Discusses the ramifications of the U.S. House of Representatives’ vote to effectively ban TikTok.

Trent Loos: Explains why farmers and ranchers should be concerned about the requirement to attach electronic ear tags to their livestock.

Steve: Discusses his property tax bill.

Lauren Fix: Comments on a German automotive analyst’s recent statement about the future of electric vehicles and combustion engines in Germany.

Andrew Authur: Shares updates on immigration and the border.

Karen Levine: Focuses on finding joy even in challenging times.

Rick Turnquist: Discusses his essay “Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Away (In Honor of Earth Day)”.

Nephi Cole: Addresses the extreme, radical legislation at the Colorado State House that aims to take away people’s rights.

Jim May: Shares some cowboy poetry.

On April 15, 2024, Wade Miller, Jeffrey Paul, and Roger Mangan joined the show. Miller exposes how FISA has been abused to spy on Americans over 278,000 times and criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson’s failure to support warrant reforms Paul traces progressivism’s roots to German-trained academics who rejected natural rights, and proposes a 1% universal sales tax to replace all income taxes Mangan explains Colorado’s.

Start listening at 31:35 – Hour 1

Wade Miller, Executive Director of the Center for Renewing America, discusses the dangerous expansion of government surveillance powers. Miller explains how the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, originally designed to monitor foreign terrorists, has been weaponized against American citizens. The government has abused these powers over 278,000 times in a single year, spying on Americans without proper warrants.

Miller details how Congress has systematically avoided meaningful reforms to FISA despite widespread abuse. He notes that Speaker Mike Johnson, who previously co-sponsored warrant requirements for FISA, cast the deciding vote against such protections when it mattered most. Miller draws a direct connection between FISA abuse and the DOJ’s domestic terrorism investigations of parents protesting at school board meetings.

“The government has basically abused this in spite on American citizens illegally over 278,000 times that we know of in one year span of time. So it’s likely been far more Americans that have been spied on.”

– Wade Miller, Executive Director, Center for Renewing America

The conversation shifts to Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend. Miller provides strategic analysis, explaining that Iran’s strike appeared largely symbolic, with most drones and missiles intercepted well before reaching Israel. He urges restraint from escalation while supporting Israel’s right to self-defense. Miller also criticizes Congress for potentially using the attack as justification to pass massive foreign aid packages while ignoring America’s own border security.

Start listening at 70:20 – Hour 2

Professor Jeffrey Paul, author of “Winning America’s Second Civil War,” traces the intellectual origins of modern progressivism. Paul reveals a largely unknown history: how American universities in the late 19th century sent scholars to Germany for doctoral training, and how these scholars returned with anti-American, statist ideologies that directly contradicted the founding principles of natural rights and limited government.

Paul explains that these German-trained academics held the same philosophical views that later animated National Socialism. They rejected natural rights, viewing the state as an organism to which individuals owed complete obedience. Unable to call themselves “state socialists” in America, they adopted the term “progressives” to disguise their authoritarian agenda. Through control of faculty hiring, these ideas came to dominate American universities and eventually corrupted the Democratic Party.

“The founding of the United States was based on principles which hadn’t been invoked before and haven’t been invoked since. And those principles were that nature confers upon all members of the human species a right of self-ownership and therefore a right of liberty.”

– Jeffrey Paul, Author, “America’s Second Civil War”

Paul offers a concrete solution: comprehensive tax reform eliminating income taxes, payroll taxes, and capital gains taxes, replacing them with a universal 1% sales tax on all transactions. His economic analysis shows this would generate more revenue while dramatically reducing the tax burden on working families. A family earning $50,000 would save over $10,000 annually under this system.

Start listening at 63:05 – Hour 2

Kim discusses pressing Colorado legislative issues including Senate Bill 24-200 on equity, diversity, and inclusion in child welfare, and House Bill 1175 giving local governments right of first refusal on apartment complexes. Roger Mangan of State Farm Insurance explains homeowner protections against Colorado’s frequent hailstorms, including the new undamaged roof surfacing endorsement that ensures mismatched roof repairs are fully covered.

On April 12, 2024, Nephi Cole, Cain, Jim May, and Pam Long joined the show. Cole analyzed the Biden administration’s new firearm dealer regulations and provided updates on Colorado’s assault weapons ban and competing law enforcement funding bills Cain exposed Greeley Evans D6 school district’s segregated events for black families and connected the policy to broader Marxist infiltration of public schools May promoted a cancer.

Start listening at 16:49 – Hour 1

Nephi Cole, State Affairs and Government Relations Director for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, breaks down the Biden administration’s newly announced restrictions requiring background checks for anyone engaged in the business of selling firearms. Cole warns that the ambiguous language in the new regulations could transform any private citizen selling a single firearm into a federally regulated dealer.

The administration’s aggressive stance on gun control contradicts its own data, Cole explains. ATF statistics show only 1.6% of crime guns come from over-the-counter purchases, while 37% originate from straw purchase rings and 40% from illegal manufacturing and sales. Despite these facts, proposed legislation continues targeting law-abiding citizens rather than criminals. Colorado’s existing red flag laws, magazine restrictions, and universal background check laws have failed to reduce gun crime, which continues rising in the state.

Cole provides updates on Colorado’s legislative session, noting that the assault weapons ban faces growing opposition as constituents contact their representatives. A bill requiring firearm storage in vehicles has been significantly modified thanks to sponsor engagement, while competing legislation debates whether to fund existing law enforcement or create an entirely new state regulatory agency duplicating ATF functions.

“You’re taking a right away from somebody just because you don’t choose to exercise it. You’re deciding that they shouldn’t. There’s no thoughts about what that says and what that does and about the future of something like that. And it’s disappointing and frightening. It is really frightening.”

Nephi Cole, State Affairs Director, National Shooting Sports Foundation

Start listening at 34:44 – Hour 1

Cain, founder of Task Force Freedom NOCO, exposes the Greeley Evans School District 6’s decision to sponsor segregated events for black families. The self-described “proud American Negro” condemns the policy as a direct violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s prohibition on school segregation and discrimination.

Cain connects the segregation policy to the district’s previous controversies, including board approval of explicit books in school libraries while banning the Bible. He identifies board president Michael Matthews, superintendent Pelch, and board member Mash as responsible parties, noting that Matthews, a pastor at St. Patrick’s Presbyterian Church, served on the committee that removed the Bible from schools while defending pornographic content.

The pattern extends beyond Greeley, Cain reports, with similar policies appearing in Poudre, Thompson, and St. Vrain school districts. He argues the Democratic Party’s historical exploitation of black Americans continues through victim narratives designed to weaponize racial divisions. Parents must either remove children from government schools or utilize forthcoming resources from Task Force Freedom to navigate the ideological curriculum.

“It is your voice. It is your voice that has the power. It is your voice that’s more powerful than that F-15 that Biden said he was going to use against his own citizens.”

Cain, Founder, Task Force Freedom NOCO

Start listening at 63:03 – Hour 2

Jim May, cattleman and owner of LaVaca Meat Company, calls from Genoa with a view of Pikes Peak to share news from Colorado’s eastern plains. May promotes an upcoming cowboy poetry show in Burlington on May 10th featuring performer Gary McMahon, with proceeds benefiting Kit Carson County’s cancer charity Pink Chaps in memory of his daughter who passed from glioblastoma.

LaVaca Meat Company has expanded its offerings with bulk beef packages for home freezers, partnering with Lazy Acres processing in Evergreen. The company’s premium choice and prime cuts have impressed even their processing partners, who now seek additional cattle for their own business. May emphasizes the importance of supporting independent voices like the Kim Monson Show during these challenging times for the country.

“Saving this country right now is one of the most important things we can do, Kim.”

Jim May, Owner, LaVaca Meat Company

Start listening at 74:47 – Hour 2

Pam Long, author and former Army Captain, analyzes the CD4 special election following Ken Buck’s controversial early resignation. Long traces Buck’s fall from Freedom Caucus conservative to his current positions opposing election integrity and January 6th defendants, suggesting lobbyist influence corrupted his principles through D.C.’s pay-to-play committee system where freshman congressmen must raise hundreds of thousands in dues.

The vacancy committee’s selection of Greg Lopez as the Republican special election candidate maintains primary integrity by preventing any CD4 primary candidate from gaining incumbent advantage. Lopez brings 30 years of leadership experience as a veteran, former Parker mayor, Colorado Hispanic Chamber CEO, E-470 treasurer, and SBA regional director. His opponent, Tricia Calvarez, faces a lawsuit alleging she fails to meet Colorado’s 12-month voter registration requirement, having only moved from Virginia last fall.

Long emphasizes the stakes of the current congressional balance, noting that with Mike Gallagher’s strategic resignation in Wisconsin and Buck’s departure, Republicans hold a razor-thin majority. The two-and-a-half months until the special election leaves the nation vulnerable to Democratic control of the House if additional Republican seats are lost. Voters must evaluate candidates not just on issues but on their resistance to D.C. corruption.

“Medical freedom is nonpartisan. It’s actually tripartisan. You know, it’s conservative, it’s liberal, it’s independent. Because it affects your ability for your children to go to school, for you to engage in commerce as business owners, and for you to travel and seek employment.”

Pam Long, Author, Children’s Health Defense