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Speech First recently released a report looking at bias reporting on college campuses "Free Speech in the Crosshairs" where we found 56% of universities solicit anonymous reports from students on one another for incidents of "bias" or other forms of speech and expression. We found that many universities define "bias" as political affiliations, or simply expressing ideas or opinions that others may find offensive...These insidious policies are found at universities across the country and are laying the groundwork for a world of peer-enforced censorship similar to the likes of what we saw in East Germany. Join Speech First's Cherise Trump and Ken Pope from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation as they delve into the implications of a society that accepts and implements policies like "Bias Reporting."

In light of recent free speech incidents at Georgetown Law and Yale Law, the Washington Examiner calls law schools “the new front lines in the free speech wars”. It begs the questions, what is being taught and what lessons are law students coming away with? Join Cherise Trump and her guest, Luke Bunting, a 3L student at Georgetown Law as they discuss what is really going on in law schools across the country.

The recent nomination and confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson once again put America’s judicial system at the forefront of political conversation. But we often forget to use these moments as opportunities to review the history and purpose behind Article III of the US Constitution, the rule of law in America, and the role judicial power plays in our government. Cherise Trump is joined by Adam White, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute to discuss the sustainability of our judicial system in America, how this relates to increasing trends of judicial activism over judicial neutrality, and whether politics will ever, or should ever stay out of the courts.

Cherise has brought back Dakota Wood to discuss how America’s overall political culture and rejection of its founding principles has put us in a vulnerable position with regards to our enemies and competitors on the international stage. They take a look at the future generation of leaders and discuss how certain trends we are seeing today on college campuses will translate into a type of decision making that will change the course of the country for better or for worse.

Russia's recent censorship of its independent media outlets and of social media platforms reminds us once again, how fragile the institutions of information can be. Especially when it comes to challenging the authority of the state or the big tech oligarchs. Join Cherise Trump and her guest John Bachman, host of The John Bachman Now show on Newsmax, as they discuss the world of news media, how it has changed over time, the various influences that lead to the manipulation of information and concerns about censorship in the U.S.

Join Cherise and Justine as they discuss the world of pageantry and its changes over time that were affected by the feminist movement and the rejection of transcendent beauty and feminity. They will also discuss pageantry's unique ability to empower women and use it as a platform to advocate for free speech.

Join Speech First's Cherise Trump and Ken Pope from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation as they compare the eerie similarities of today's restrictions on speech to the way of life under totalitarian and communist regimes. It is important to not only remember these terrible times in human history, but to make sure we don't forget why they were so terrible. Surveillance states, neighbors informing on one another, censorship and manipulation of information, art, and science... We often bemoan about how we have entered the times of Orwell and Huxley but these are references to fictions based on very cruel realities. So join Ken and Cherise as they break it all down and explain why the censorship and cancel-culture of today could very well lead us down a dark path that humanity is no stranger to.

Join Curis Houck and Cherise Trump as they discuss the sad attempts of the left to censor Joe Rogan and other voices who are willing to dissent and challenge mainstream ideas or present alternate viewpoints. The recent incident with Rogan's podcast on Spotify once again puts concerns of censorship and the role of technology platforms at the center of free speech conversations.

The College Fix recently launched a Cancel Culture Database which is an initiative to track cancellations on college campuses across the nation. Cherise and The Fix's Editor-in-Chief, Jennifer Kabbany, will dive into some of the trends discovered with the database as well as discuss the importance of tracking these incidents in a time where it is all too easy to forget. Cancel culture on college campuses have had some seriously damaging effects as it seeps into society and infects every walk of life. And with the level of self-censorship taking place amongst students and professors, who will be willing to stand up to the woke mob's attempts to implement their political agenda on university campuses?

Join Cherise as she and Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) discuss the disconcerting role universities play in our current culture war and how universities are becoming training grounds for far-left progressivism. It is becoming increasingly clear that what happens on campus does not stay on campus. Students are taking these toxic environments and are reproducing them in their places of work and their communities putting universities right at the frontline of the culture war.