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Creating a real “land of the free” requires a people who not only love liberty - but have the backbone to resist and defy governments that violate their constitutions and their rights. We’ve got a lot of work to do to get there too. Path to Liberty: November 27, 2023

With “nullification season” right around the corner, here’s an overview of the top-4 programs that absolutely have to go if we ever want to get to a real “land of the free” Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 17, 2023

In order to go from the largest government in history to a real “land of the free” - these 5 foundational principles from the founders and old revolutionaries - are an absolute must. Path to Liberty: November 15, 2023

A name almost totally forgotten today, John Dickinson was famous - known as “The Penman of the American Revolution.” A true Lockean in support of liberty, life and property - he helped lead the opposition to the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act, the Townshend Acts - and much more. Path to Liberty: November 13, 2023

Nov 10, 1798 - Thomas Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions were passed by the General Assembly. Learn 5 core Jeffersonian principles about the nature of the Constitution - rooted in the principles of the American Revolution. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 10, 2023

In a letter to Benjamin Rush, Thomas Jefferson told him of his “trinity of the three greatest men the world had ever produced.” Bacon, Newton and Locke. Path to Liberty: November 8, 2023

Alexander Hamilton wanted a central government with unlimited power. And although he didn’t get it on paper, he still pushed for it in other ways after ratification. As a result, today we live under the largest government in history. Path to Liberty: November 6, 2023

You thought a national bank, implied powers, the whiskey tax, and redefining necessary as convenient was bad enough? Wait till you hear what Hamilton really wanted to do. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: November 3, 2023

Deficits and the national debt have been growing for so long that most people just shrug when we talk about them. They seem to think that the government can just keep kicking the can down the road. But every road comes to an end. Path to Liberty: November 1, 2023

For many leading founders - from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Adams - one amendment was not only the “foundation of the constitution,” but also “the Palladium of the private, and personal rights of the Citizens.” Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 27, 2023

October 26, 2001 - We’re still grappling with the blowback that comes with allowing freedom to be eviscerated in exchange for the false promise of “security” Path to Liberty: October 25, 2023

For James Madison, the people of the several states were both the source of all power - and thus the ultimate solution to usurpations - but at the same time, the source of many of the problems due to the tendency towards factions - ultimately leading to the majority trampling on the rights of the minority. Path to Liberty: October 23, 2023

The largest government in history is not even remotely close to the system the founders set up under the Constitution. Things didn’t get like this overnight - and there’s a root cause for why it’ll keep getting worse. Understanding it is to also understand the solution. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 20, 2023

Thanks to a growing number of unconstitutional federal programs, local law enforcement in almost every jurisdiction has been drawn in as tools of a national police state the founders would’ve despised. But states aren’t required to participate, even under modern precedent. Here are 5 big areas where they can simply opt out and help bring this unconstitutional national police state to an end. Path to Liberty: October 18, 2023

Understanding nullification - what it is and what needs to be done - is far easier when you have a good understanding of these foundational principles underlying it. Path to Liberty: October 16, 2023

Just under 10 years after Thomas Jefferson called for nullification of the Alien and Sedition Acts - states and individuals took the same kind of strategy against his Embargo Act - signed by Pres. Jefferson in late 1807 - and a series of follow up acts to beef up enforcement of it. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 13, 2023

Few areas from the Founders - if any - have been more widely rejected than their views and advice on foreign policy. Grasping their approach means understanding where it comes from as well. Path to Liberty: October 11, 2023

For many of the founders, property rights were the foundation of all the others. James Madison took things even further, arguing that people not only have a right to property, but also a property in their rights - tying property rights, self ownership and all natural rights together. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: October 6, 2023

One of the worst years ever, 1913 gave us the tools that support the largest government in history Path to Liberty: October 4, 2023

A *permanent* or *baneful* aristocracy - despite federalist assurances to the contrary - with senators mostly serving for life - that's what many anti-federalists warned we'd get with the structure of the federal Senate. Path to Liberty: October 2, 2023

They certainly didn’t get everything right, but when they did, they almost seemed prophetic. Consolidation, executive power, factions and the ultimate end of despotism. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 29, 2023

In the years leading up to the War for Independence, the revolutionaries took an increasingly hostile stance against people who collaborated with or helped the British. And no, it wasn’t just tarring and feathering. Path to Liberty: September 27, 2023

We hear them over, and over, and over again - the same, tired, worn out myths or downright lies about nullification. Path to Liberty: September 25, 2023

In a series of speeches during the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry laid out much of the anti-federalist case against ratification without amendments. The foundation underlying all his arguments was a consistent warning against consolidation - or centralized power - and trusting people with that power. Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: September 22, 2023

The federal reserve isn’t going to end itself. And congress isn’t going to cut off the engine that drives the biggest, most powerful government in the history of the world. It’s up to the states and the people to nullify it into oblivion - where it belongs. Path to Liberty: September 20, 2023