The 16th Amendment Fundamentally Changed the Republic
When the states ratified the Sixteenth Amendment, they did more than just help the feds collect income taxes;they fundamentally changed the republic for the worse.
In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted and ratified, the framers of this country understood the need to collect taxes. So they delegated the power to tax to Congress, but with some very specific restrictions.
The income tax didn’t start with the 16th amendment; it started in 1862 to fund the Civil War. Since it was a consistent revenue stream, the income tax was sold to the people with a warning that it was necessary, the promise that it would be limited by a person’s income, and was scheduled to expire in 1870. However, that did not make it constitutional. Most likely due to the urgencies of the war, though, this tax was never challenged in court.
The constitutional republic created by the Framers saw not only that the power was vested in the people, but that it would remain as close to them as possible. That is why the United States was given limited and enumerated power. When the states ratified the Sixteenth Amendment, they fractured that most fundamental aspect of self-government in America.
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National Law Enforcement Officer Hall of Fame is launched to highlight Heroes in Blue
Every day, law enforcement officers literally put their lives on the line to protect and serve their communities. The toll in terms of deaths and injuries runs in the thousands. Each day throughout this nation, countless acts of valor, heroism and compassion are performed by our police.
Until several years ago, there was little on the national level to recognize men and women in uniform who have performed in ways that needed national recognition.
Adam Davenport and Megan Stockberger recognized this need and cofounded the National Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame. Hear the story of this amazing organization in this week's episode of The Wounded Blue Hour.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm ET on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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Retired NYPD Detective creates product that can save officers' lives
Dan Murphy spent 20 years with the New York City Police Department, investigating everything from robberies to terrorism. But his lifetime of service didn’t end there. He continued to investigate criminality in the private sector, but his love of policing kept drawing him back to different roles. He is now the cohost of the very popular law enforcement podcast Gold Shields, along with his partner, Tom Smith, also an NYPD veteran.
Knowing how the safety of police officers across the country has been challenged, they have created a brand new product that can essentially replace pepper spray and other chemical sprays, making it safer for the offenders and the police. Listen to his journey with show host Randy Sutton in this episode of The Wounded Blue Hour.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm ET on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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How we elect a U.S. President
Every four years, the United States goes through the ritual of electing a President. I use the term ritual for two reasons. First, most Americans’ understanding of the election process is based on customs or rites rather than the law. Second, most of the customs Americans follow directly contradict the actual process of electing a President of the United States.
If I could go back in time and explain to those visiting teammates how our presidential elections work, I would focus on three points.
1- The political parties choose their candidates through a combination of primaries, caucuses, and internal negotiations.
2 - The states elect the President based on the advice of their citizens.
3 - The vast majority of the American people are unaware of points 1 and 2.
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Law enforcement leadership fails officers injured in the line of duty
Jon Becker wears many hats. He is a lawyer and an entrepreneur whose passion for law-enforcement tactical teams led him to create a successful national tactical equipment brand known as Aardvark Tactical. He is also the creator of the popular law enforcement podcast, “The Debrief.” But John doesn’t just sell tactical equipment. He lives a tactical lifestyle, working with teams from both military and law enforcement across the nation.
Through the years of engaging with America's law enforcement warriors, he’s developed tremendous insight into the emotional and mental challenges facing American law enforcement, and it has led him to the conclusion that “leadership“ is failing our police.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm ET on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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Mask mandates and the constitution
Are mask mandates constitutional? Is refusing to wear a mask a violation of the law or the expression of it? A recent pair of Third Circuit Court of Appeals court cases asked that very question.
On March 9, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency in response to the quickly spreading coronavirus known as COVID-19. … As we now know, it primarily spreads through airborne particles that accumulate in enclosed spaces, respiratory droplets produced when a person coughs, sneezes, or talks, and occasionally through contact with objects contaminated with the virus.
Blanket mandates, such as those used by the State of New Jersey, violate due process because they do not safeguard the rights of the individual. There is no requirement for someone to be shown to have COVID-19 nor that they are contagious before their liberty is infringed. As shown earlier in this article, the assumptions that supported the mask mandates were not based on rigorous scientific studies but unsubstantiated statements from government agencies that do not legally exist.
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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After police officer watches his partner shot and killed, he helps other cops cope with trauma
In 2014, police officer Scott Brown of the Sacramento Police Department lived the nightmare that every cop fears, the murder of his partner. A three-time deported felon shot and killed Scott’s partner, Deputy Danny Oliver, during a shoot-out. Scott shot the suspect, but he escaped long enough to kill another police officer and wounded a third and also a civilian. Scott and his wife, Liz, recount the trauma and aftermath in the book “Facing Evil.” Hear their story in this dramatic interview with show host Randy Sutton.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm ET on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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The modern primary is merely the latest attempt by political parties to control elections
While this year’s presidential primaries are pretty much a fait accompli, there are still hundreds, if not thousands, of primary elections that will be held over the next few months. In some cases, the race is so partisan that the primary effectively decides the race, and the general election is moot. What’s the purpose of these taxpayer-funded private elections? Why limit your choices on election day? Why do we keep paying for someone else to take away our choices?
Shouldn’t We the People be the deciders of who we can vote for rather than the political parties? Don’t we denigrate countries like Iran and Venezuela, where political actors limit the choices on the ballot? I’m not naive enough to think such a change could happen in the current spirit of revenge between our two largest political parties. For everyone who wished for a chance to vote for a third-party candidate, though, shouldn’t we be working to make it more possible...
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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Shot 15 times, Police Lieutenant miraculously survives to inspire others with his unbelievable story
In 2012, Lieutenant Brian Murphy of the Oak Creek Wisconsin police department was the first responding officer at what is now known as the Sikh Temple Massacre, which left six dead and three injured. The white supremacist killer targeted members of the Sikh temple to kill, and had it not been for the arrival of Lieutenant Murphy, many more would have died. The suspect ambushed Lieutenant Murphy and pumped 15 rounds into the officer, causing devastating injuries.
Incredibly, Lieutenant Murphy not only survived but found a new purpose in telling his incredible story of survival against all odds in this riveting interview with show host Randy Sutton.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm ET on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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The power to regulate everything in your life!
Why is it that those in government feel entitled to regulate just about every aspect of your life? The federal government claims the power to regulate what you eat, what medications you can use, and even the lightbulbs in your home.
After a recent court case, though, it seems one of those agencies may have bitten off more than it can chew.
The courts failure to consider the constitutionality of the Department of Energy leaves the American people with the false belief that the Department of Energy is legitimate and that its regulations have the force of law. This is in spite of previous court decisions to the contrary.
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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Nutrition has a major impact on mental health for Post Traumatic Stress!
Can nutrition be the key to unlocking the brain issues involving Post Traumatic Stress and depression as well as compulsive negative behaviors?
Dr. Gemi Bertran, founder and CEO of Nourish the Brain (https://nourishthebraininstitute.com/), believes so. This compelling interview with show host Randy Sutton presents an amazing case to back those beliefs. Dr. Bertran faced many challenges, including her own fight against trauma, both physical and psychological. Her request for knowledge led to her development of groundbreaking science. She now utilizes her research to help military and special forces, as well as law enforcement, deal with mental health challenges such as PTSD.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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The dangerous implications of 'Insurrection' as political hyperbole undermines true justice
Unless you’ve been hiding from everything political in the United States, you are aware that there are actors in several states that have sued in their state courts to disqualify Donald Trump from being on their states' primary election ballot for President of the United States. As of this writing, in only two states, Colorado and Maine, have those actors found some measure of success. While this case will undoubtedly find its way to the Supreme Court, this truly is a state issue, even though it has national importance.
If we continue down this road, then insurrection will no longer be political hyperbole used to promote an agenda. It will lead to something much, much worse.
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Lawfare America! 1.33 million attorneys compared to 1.08 million doctors in 2023
If you want to seek a redress of some grievance, most people start with a lawsuit. This is partially responsible for the fact that in 2023 there are 1.33 million attorneys in America and only 1.08 million doctors. What happens when people figure out how to use these lawsuits not just for a redress of grievance but to attack others?
In this case - Acheson Hotels claims that Deborah Laufer filed a lawsuit against them not because she was harmed by their hotel but because she is an activist using the Americans with Disability Act to harass companies who do not advertise whether or not they have handicapped-accessible rooms.
Ms. Laufer’s attacks not only harmed the companies she has sued but, by taking up time in the judicial system, may have prevented legitimate suits from being heard in a timely manner, if at all. Not only are the owners of these hotels having to bear the cost of litigation, but the sheer number of suits, combined with the obvious purpose of using them to enforce the law, may have enriched Ms. Laufer and her attorneys, but at the cost of justice to others.
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Is the phobia behind Islamophobia warranted?
Dictionaries tell us that phobia is an overwhelming and debilitating (IRRATIONAL) fear of an object, place, situation, feeling, or animal. Phobias are more pronounced than fears. They develop when someone has an exaggerated or unrealistic sense of danger about a situation or object.
There are hundreds of such phobias in medical journals, such as:
Arachnophobia (Fear of spiders)
Ophidiophobia (Fear of snakes)
Acrophobia (Fear of heights)
Aerophobia (Fear of flying)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Astraphobia (Fear of thunder and lightning)
Trypanophobia (Fear of injections)
Therefore, Islamophobia is an Oxymoron since fearing Islam and Muslims - who want humanity to either submit to Sharia or be EXTERMINATED - is NOT irrational fear, but entirely rational. In fact, not fearing Islam would be totally irrational.
Let us now deal with the FACTS...
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Patients harmed by COVID-19 vaccines — predicts five years of health concerns after injections
Friday, January 12, 2024, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greeneheld a historicUS Congressional Panel in The Rayburn Building on Capitol Hillto learn why COVID-19 vaccination continues to cause record injuries, disabilities, and deaths, even years after the primary series in 2021.
The hearing was attended by Greene (R-GA), Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), US Representatives Warren Davidson (R-Ohio), and Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and the witnesses were Dr. Peter McCullough adult internal medicine, cardiology, Dr. Ryan Cole, clinical pathology, and Dr. Kirk Milhoan, pediatrics, pediatric cardiology. All three manage various injuries occurring after COVID-19 vaccination. Approximately 75% of Americans took one or more shots, and of them, 94% received an mRNA product from either Pfizer or Moderna.
Please take the time to review this hearing, and please share it widely with your family, friends, and colleagues. In the end, Senator Johnson made a plea to physicians and other healthcare workers to come forward, be honest about their missteps, and get on the right side of history. COVID-19 vaccination has been a biological safety catastrophe for the world. On January 12, 2024, all three witnesses called for market withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccine products for safety concerns—it’s in the Congressional Record.
Listen to 'The McCullough Report' heard on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network. There is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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Royal Canadian Mounted police officer turns tragedy into triumph
Laurie White is a former member of the Royal Canadian mounted police with a powerful story to tell. She has written a book, “10–33, and Officer Down Step Back Up, “ in which she recounts her journey after losing a leg in the line of duty after being shot.
She is the first member of the Royal Canadian mounted police to have lost a limb and returned to full duty. She shares her story with show host Randy Sutton in this compelling interview.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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How the Sixteenth Amendment and Mandatory Repatriation Tax could impact you!
In the case Moore v. United States, the court is being asked if you can be taxed for gains you haven’t realized yet.
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, arguing for the United States, claims that the MRT, or Mandatory Repatriation Tax, is grounded in the text and history of the Sixteenth Amendment. She points to several taxes that considered undistributed corporate earnings as income. However, each of the taxes she mentions predate the Sixteenth Amendment.
Why should you pay very close attention to this case? Because, as a direct tax on something other than income, a wrong opinion from the court could open up a deluge of new direct federal taxes on everything from your home, investments, and even your childhood Baseball Card collection
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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5 steps every American needs to do in 2024
If you are making New Year's resolutions, I hope you’ll consider some of these ideas. If, like me, you don’t make resolutions, I still hope you will consider these things you can do to help restore liberty and justice to all. Remember, as President James Garfield said at this nation’s first centennial:
[N]ow more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature … [I]f the next centennial does not find us a great nation…it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces.
James A. Garfield, A Century of Congress
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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Post Traumatic Stress, Reality vs Myth
The retired Chief of Police and Public Safety Liason for Acadia Health is one of the most respected experts on PTS. The realities of the history and present understanding of Post Traumatic Stress is one of the most misunderstood issues facing Law Enforcement Officers and other First Responders.
In this revealing conversation with Show Host Randy Sutton, Joe Collins brings forth a fascinating understanding of this powerful issue.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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Christmas Wish
Let us consider the present all of us are leaving to future generations. Will our children, and our children’s children, live in a country better than the one we live in now? That depends on what we do today, tomorrow, and for the rest of our tomorrows as we try to secure such a nation for them.
It’s my wish that we leave them a nation better, freer, and more at liberty than the one we have today. I also wish we leave those generations with a better understanding of the blessings of liberty, how we secure them, and a desire to leave this country to their rising generation in a better condition than they received it. My fervent wish is for the United States to live up to its national anthem and be the land of the free by being the home of the brave.
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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The State of Policing in America Impacts You
Law enforcement has been plagued by suicide, retirements, resignations, and the lowest level of recruitment in history. State legislatures, city governments, and the media have created an “us against them“ environment between citizens and their police.
The law enforcement community has been battling to discover an avenue for allowing officers to cope with these new challenges as well as the normal pressures of policing.
Lt. Randy Sutton takes a deep dive on the impact on policing in America...
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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Serious Question... Will America Be Destroyed From the Inside?
If the United States is to be destroyed, where will the threat come from? In 1837, Daniel Webster wrote:
“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe… Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.”
Daniel Webster [June 1, 1837]
How do we force governments to stop supporting collectivism and start honoring their oath of office to support the Constitution? How do we educate the people in the spirit of real patriotism?
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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The Detectives Who Investigate the Crimes Can Themselves Fall Victim
Murder…the detectives who investigate the crimes can themselves fall victim…..to PTSD.
Paul Belli spent decades working on homicides and knows firsthand how years of exposure to violent death can affect those tasked with bringing murderers to justice. But retirement didn’t end his years of service. Now, as one of the leaders of the International Homicide Investigators Association, he helps lead the way to train and mentor those who are charged with solving America’s most devastating crimes.
In this candid conversation with Show Host Randy Sutton, he reveals the reality that those detectives face and how the long-term effects of exposure to death and violence can devastate their lives.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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The Heartbreak of Police Suicide
Widow of Police Officer Suicide Tells the Heartbreaking Story of Her Husband's Death.
Sergeant Joe Morgan of the Des Moines police department was a well-respected veteran police officer of many decades when he took his own life. Police suicide is in epidemic proportion in the United States, and this story told by his friend and partner, along with his wife’s emotional killing of her journey, should be eye-opening to all Americans.
Lt. Randy Sutton can be heard every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT on The Wounded Blue Hour on iHeart Radio on the America Out Loud Talk Radio Network.
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Attacks on the Very Idea of Truth Are Attacks on Our Freedom
Most people are familiar with the Hans Christian Andersen story The Emperor’s New Clothes. Having been conned into believing he was wearing a fine set of clothes, the emperor walked through the village, not knowing he was undressed. None of the townsfolk admitted they could not see the emperor’s clothes until a small boy pointed out the truth: The emperor was naked. Once the “spell” was broken, the entire town took up the cry.
Today, many in the federal government walk around believing they are wrapped in robes of power, some because of their own arrogance and others because “experts” have told them so.
Most of the American people seem to go along with the lie, not because they can see the power robes, but because of the lies they have been told.
Read the full article... watch and learn from Constitutional Expert Paul Engel; there is always much more to learn back at America Out Loud: https://www.americaoutloud.news/.
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