Tom Mullen Talks Freedom

Summary:

Bruce Fenton believes America is at a crossroads, which provides an opportunity in politics to make big changes to everything from the monetary system to foreign policy to the government’s involvement in education. He is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire and joins Tom to discuss his campaign.  

Guest Bio:

Bruce Fenton graduated from Wilbraham Monson Academy in 1990 and joined the US Navy. He served as a Hospital Corpsman (medic). In 1994 he started his own firm, Atlantic Financial, and worked in many different areas of finance over the next 20 years. Bruce moved to Portsmouth New Hampshire with his wife and four school-aged children in 2017. He is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire in 2022.

Links:

Bruce’s Official Campaign Website

Bruce’s Twitter (@brucefenton)

Chainstone Digital Securities Group

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

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Summary:

The war in Ukraine is five months old and the narratives spun by both sides have changed several times. What is the actual status of the war and is there any realistic road to a peace agreement? Can there be peace with Russia afterwards? Scott Horton joins Tom to discuss.

Guest Bio:

Scott Horton is director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of Antiwar Radio on Pacifica, 90.7 FM KPFK in Los Angeles, California and podcasts the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He’s the author of several books and has conducted more than 5,500 interviews since 2003.

Links:

Map of Ukraine

Scott’s Website

The Libertarian Institute

Antiwar.com

The Scott Horton Show

Additional Reading:

Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019

Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism

Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

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Summary:

Tom Mullen Talks Freedom is 100 episodes old. Tom talks about all that has happened since the podcast began, since Covid, and in the post-WWII era.

Additional Reading

Episode 1 How Can Biden Mandate Vaccines Without Congress? With Kevin R. C. Gutzman

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR

Why is freedom always the problem?

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

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Summary:

The media have been telling us the U.S. military has a “recruiting problem” in every branch, due to too few people willing or able to join. The truth is this isn’t a problem. With over 200,000 troops needlessly deployed overseas, we need a hiring freeze on the military and those troops brought home and discharged.

Additional Reading

With Few Able and Fewer Willing, U.S. Military Can't Find Recruits

A grass roots foreign policy

What We Should Remember on Memorial Day

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

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Summary:

These days it’s hard for many people to imagine human action and cooperation that isn’t either mandated or prohibited. That’s why Keith Knight of the Libertarian Institute put together his new compilation of writings by some of the most powerful thinkers and writers on a different way to organize society – The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes. He joins Tom to discuss.  

Guest Bio:

Keith Knight is Managing Editor at the Libertarian Institute and host of the Don't Tread on Anyone podcast.

Links:

Don’t Tread on Anyone (The Libertarian Institute)

Keith's Twitter (@an_capitalist)

Book discussed:

The Voluntaryist Handbook: A Collection of Essays, Excerpts, and Quotes

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Freedom? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!

Summary:

In just the past week, Boris Johnson has announced his resignation as Prime Minister of the UK, Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been forced to resign, Italy’s Mario Draghi narrowly avoided an early election, French president Emmanuel Macron came under fire for his dealings with Uber as economic minister, and former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated. Gold, Goats, and Guns host Tom Luongo joins Tom to offer his analysis of these geopolitical shock waves and what it means for U.S. financial markets.

Guest Bio:

Tom Luongo is a former research chemist, amateur dairy goat farmer, anarcho-libertarian, and obstreperous Austrian economists. He now publishes the Gold Goats, and Guns newsletter and podcast and contributes to a variety of publications, including, but not limited to Seeking Alpha, Russia Insider Halsey News and Newsmax media.  

Links:

Gold, Goats, and Guns

https://www.patreon.com/GoldGoatsNGuns

Additional Reading/Listening:

The Great Awakening Continues – Ve Vil Not Eet Ze Bugz, Klaus

SOFR v. LIBOR: Have We Been Missing Something About the Fed’s Upcoming “Policy Error?”

Reverse Repurchase Agreements: Total Securities Sold by the Federal Reserve in the Temporary Open Market Operations

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Freedom? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!

Summary:

In the private sector, we tend soldier on and try to overcome adversity. This is an admirable human trait, but it is important to remember 100% of any hardship we have endured over the past two years or will endure in the years to come is government-created and completely unnecessary. If we don’t hold our governments accountable, they will do it again.

Additional Reading

Read what I wrote in the initial weeks of the 2020 Covid Lockdowns:

The State and Federal Governments’ Coronavirus Response Will Dwarf Economic Damage Done by FDR (March 21, 2020)

When the Coronavirus Shutdown is over, will anyone blame their governments for the economic devastation they caused? (April 4, 2020)

The absurd proposition of Covid-19 lockdowns (April 21, 2020)

What proof is there that Covid-19 lockdowns prevent more cases than they cause? (April 23, 2020)

Every year will be 2020 if Americans don’t resist Covid-19 measures now (December 29, 2020)

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Get even more great content by becoming a Tom Mullen Talks Freedom Supporter at https://www.patreon.com/tommullentalksfreedom

You can also read my subscriber only written content at tommullen.substack.com (this content is also available on Patreon).

Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Freedom? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!

Summary:

President Biden signed an executive order which “aims to safeguard access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception.” But he says the real remedy to the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Roe vs. Wade is for Congress to pass a law making abortion legal nationally. That would be just as unconstitutional as Roe vs. Wade.

Additional Reading

Biden signs executive order to protect abortion access

James Madison and the Making of America Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Get even more great content by becoming a Tom Mullen Talks Freedom Supporter at https://www.patreon.com/tommullentalksfreedom

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Summary:

Bestselling author and constitutional scholar Kevin R. C. Gutzman returns to discuss yet another significant decision by the Supreme Court, this time concerning the EPA.

Guest bio:

Kevin R. C. Gutzman is the New York Times best-selling author of five books, including Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America , a History Book Club Selection. Gutzman is Professor and former Chairman in the Department of History at Western Connecticut State University and a faculty member at LibertyClassroom.com . He holds a bachelor's degree (With Honors and With Special Honors in History), a master of public affairs degree, and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as an MA and a PhD in American history from the University of Virginia.

More info on his website at kevingutzman.com.

Additional Reading:

The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe (pre-order now!)

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution

James Madison and the Making of America

Additional Listening:

These two previous episodes featuring Kevin Gutzman lay a helpful foundation for the constitutional issues discussed on today’s show:

Episode 1 How Can Biden Mandate Vaccines Without Congress? With Kevin R. C. Gutzman

Episode 28 A Forgotten Principle Returns in SCOTUS Vaccine Mandate Decision with Kevin R C Gutzman

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Freedom? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!

Summary:

Americans are generally taught the chief or only reason the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 was “taxation without representation.” There was a lot more to it than that.

Additional Reading

Where Do Conservatives and Liberals Come From?: And What Ever Happened to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Part One

Free Gift from Tom:

Download a free copy of Tom's new e-book, It’s the Fed, Stupid, at itsthefedstupid.com.

It’s also available in paperback here.

It’s priced at a pre-hyperinflation level so grab a few copies for friends if you can.

It makes a great introduction to the government’s most economically damaging institution for liberals, conservatives, libertarians, socialists, and independents alike.

Get even more great content by becoming a Tom Mullen Talks Freedom Supporter at https://www.patreon.com/tommullentalksfreedom

Like the music on Tom Mullen Talks Freedom? You can hear more at tommullensings.com!