The Liberty Block

Today’s show topics included:

Fake news on twitter; should we tighten up the defamation laws that were codified by Sullivan v. NYTimes? The honeypot scandal involving FBI director Comey—did it break any laws? The Bezos flip concerning the Washington Post; does Dan Bongino need confirmation to become deputy director of the FBI? Judges continue to oppose Trump; a Judge reprimands attorneys for judge-shopping; should such blatant judge-shopping become a criminal act and could Congress make it into one? Gina joined us and mentioned Trump’s new gold-bar visa, which she explained is just an adjustment to an already existing program; the Republican budget resolution; Ukraine agreeing to give rare earth minerals to the U.S. do we know what is actually on the table between Zelensky and Trump? How isolationist should American be? Trump trying to make healthcare costs transparent.

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Today’s show topics included:

Daniel joined from the U.K.; A unitary executive vs independent agencies over which POTUS has no control; what will SCOTUS do? A court trying to force the Commander in Chief to reinstate transgenders; Trump re: Russia/Ukraine war; Trump canceling NYC congestion pricing; discussion of recent air disasters;

Steve, Ed P., Ed M., Daniel, Dick, Mike.

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Alu interviews Dan Behrman by The Liberty Block

Today’s show topics included:

A January 6th victim tells his disturbing and illuminating (but relatively benign) story; will prison wardens and guards suffer any consequences for their treatment of J6ers and refusing entry to congresspeople? Trump speaking about taking over Gaza; does he have the right to do so? Celebrating the “winning” of Trump et al;

Steven, Ed M., Ed. P., Mike, Dick, with special guest Greg Peck

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Today’s show topics included:

Tulsi Gabbard confirmed with only McConnell opposing her from the Republican side; Courts continuing to try and stymie Trump; will DOGE look into entitlements? Is that necessary to make a dent in the budget? Targeting USAID removes one of the democrats’ weapons against the right and starves much of their astroturf movement; Politico admitting we were lied to on the economy and CBS getting caught editing the Kamala interview; how to fight state prosecutors if they indict and pursue J6er’s on State charges; can Bondi file charges against government officials for harboring illegals? Energy issues; Super Bowl discussion;

Steven, Ed M., Ed P., Mike, Dick

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Today’s show topics included:

Trump’s actions and messaging are on target! Trump offering to buy out federal workers; Is there a valid argument against closing some federal agencies? explanation of freeze of grants, including block grants to States; is the impoundment act unconstitutional? Should a court have the authority to force a president to spend money that was appropriated by congress? From where does a district court get the authority to enjoin POTUS? Can SCOTUS revisit the social media censorship case from Missouri (Murthy vs Biden)? Does the case become moot now that the official policy of the government is to prohibit censorship? Ed P reviewed some of those he met at various inaugural events in D.C.

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Today’s show topics included:

Trump’s executive orders; drilling and opening leases should pump the economy; cartels being declared terrorists (h/t to Gina who joined us today for a cameo appearance); reinstating the military members who refused the vaccine; will they be credited with the years of service lost? Trump allowing tiktok to survive; did he do this because he doesn’t want to harm business interests? Termination of security clearances of the 51; Mike Johnson hiding Biden’s senility and now admitting it; Ross Ulbricht pardon; Stargate—should government be partnering with big business; further debate on birthright citizenship;

Steven, Ed M., Mike, Dick

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Today’s show topics included:

Confirmation hearings for Trump nominees; should the system of advice and consent change in any way? Should the federal government fund the rebuilding of Los Angeles? Are DEI and other woke hiring policies in line with the 14th amendment or are they constitutional? Should some of those committing unlawful activities during covid be investigated and prosecuted? Since many prosecutions would be adjudicated in D.C., would it be better to investigate rather than to prosecute and lose cases in court? Will Biden pardon Fauci? Should immunity be taken away from vaccine makers? How will Trump handle J6’ers in the first 24 hours of his administration? Zuckerberg’s assertion that Meta/facebook was forced to censor information and how that would have impacted the SCOTUS ruling on the Murphy ruling.

Steven, Dick, Ed M., Ed P.

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Today’s show topics included:

Trump injecting confidence into the citizenry instead of the Biden malaise; Merchan sentencing Trump to unconditional dismissal; should Trump pardon Garland, Cheney, et al and would that tarnish their reputations more than being acquitted by a D.C. jury? Johnson remaining as Speaker of the House; will Congress go along with or stymie Trump’s agenda? If Trump is successful, will the Dems bend to him or fight harder against him? Dick spoke of his presence (in the military) in Panama before and after it was ceded to Panama and his readiness to deploy during the Iranian hostage crisis; the insurance crisis in California and the lack of a free market; the brouhaha over H1B visas; how many skilled tech employees had left the field because of the Covid vax? Ed explains the downsides of the H1B visa; how much have educational standards fallen over the years? The two terrorist attacks (?) on New Years;

Steven, Ed M., Mike, Dick

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Today’s show topics included:

We welcomed Jodi’s appearance; we discussed birthright citizenship and its constitutionality; do/should conservatives go with the intent of the constitution or the actual text? Ukraine assassinating a Russian general on Russian territory; does this compare to the assassination of Yamamoto in the 2nd World War? Did the U.S. know about this before the act? Another last minute CR from the caving republicans; how many politicians in Washington aren’t compromised by corporations or blackmail? How should false accusers of crimes be punished, especially those who only make accusations against those running for high(er) office?

Steven, Dick, Daniel, Jodi, Ed M., Ed P.

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