Chris Spangle hosts the first part of our Student’s For Liberty LibertyCon recap. Spangle went to the conference. In this episode, follow his travel, he interviews the admins of Liberty Memes, captures a speech on the First Amendment by Susan Herman of the ACLU, and speaks to 16-year-old publisher Matt Geiger of 71Republic.

Chris Spangle interviews Admin 1 and 2 of the Liberty Memes Facebook Page. This was recorded at Students for Liberty’s LibertyCon. Like their page here. Subscribe to the podcast here: https://wal.fireside.fm

Chris Spangle, Harry Price, and Paul Copeland discuss the myths and truths surrounding the Parkland shooting, discuss potential solutions to limit future solutions, how to fix the modern man, and Spangle explains the impact Billy Graham had on his life.

Show Links

• https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/opinion/boys-violence-shootings-guns.html?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com
• http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-democrats-introduce-bill-prohibiting-sale-of-semi-automatic-weapons/article/2650087
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5433695/Florida-school-shooter-called-cops-mom-died.html
• https://news.sky.com/story/officer-who-failed-to-confront-florida-gunman-believed-shots-came-from-outside-11269358
• http://reason.com/blog/2018/02/25/broward-county-sheriff-scott-israel-wont
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27401/democrats-say-america-worst-western-country-mass-hank-berrien?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro
• http://reason.com/blog/2018/02/23/3-broward-county-police-officers-made-no
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27602/breaking-broward-county-deputies-were-told-not-ryan-saavedra#exit-modal
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27523/breaking-cnn-reports-four-broward-county-deputies-ben-shapiro
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27489/father-cnn-producer-looked-people-push-narrative-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=restlesspatriot
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27623/watch-shapiro-offers-ideas-wake-parkland-shooting-daily-wire
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27611/report-broward-county-sheriff-told-subordinates-ben-shapiro
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27565/parkland-massacre-debate-has-been-filled-ben-shapiro
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27557/gun-control-backlash-florida-gun-show-reports-james-barrett
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27554/flashback-broward-sheriff-bragged-things-were-done-hank-berrien
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27610/parkland-first-responder-says-he-was-given-stand-amanda-prestigiacomo
• https://gizmodo.com/one-strike-away-from-youtube-ban-alex-jones-begs-parkl-1823365098

Chris Spangle and Joe Hauptmann talk about the public discourse around guns, the fracturing of America, and is the Trump era discourse better or worse than the tone of the Nixon era? Hauptmann explains why the Libertarian Party is still valuable and why he is running for LNC Vice Chair.

Chris Spangle, Creighton Harrington, Jeremiah Morrell, Dakota Davis, and Danny Morrell discuss the Parkland, Flordia school shooting, the gun control debates that rage after every tragedy, and what can be done to end these tragedies.

Show Links:

• Gun stats: https://www.facebook.com/elijah.finn.311/posts/1008996422565862
• http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/military-adds-4-000-gun-ban-list-texas-church-shooting-article-1.3816373
• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/10/421789047/fbi-says-background-check-error-let-charleston-shooting-suspect-buy-gun
• https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-admits-it-failed-to-investigate-tip-about-nikolas-cruz-threatening-to-shoot-school
• https://www.thedailybeast.com/report-florida-shooting-suspect-nikolas-cruz-passed-background-check-for-ar-15
• http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-fbi-investigation-20180216-story.html#nt=screamer
• http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-20180215-story.html#nt=oft05a-1gp2
• http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooter-gun-neighbor-20180215-story.html#nt=oft07a-3gp1
• http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-editorial-parkland-school-shooting-20180215-story.html#nt=oft07a-3gp1
• http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fl-sp-hyde-florida-shooting-victim-aaron-feis20180215-story.html#nt=oft12aH-4gp2
• http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-sb-florida-school-shooting-tick-tock-20180215-story.html#nt=oft12aH-4gp2

Chris Spangle and Harry Price cover the reality of Kim Jong Un and his sister, the British government screws Julian Assange, the NSA gets screwed by Russia, the FBI screws Carter Page, the new budget screws poor people, a teacher screws a student, and then we realize we are all getting screwed.

Show Links

Kim’s Sister

• http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/02/12/what-kim-jong-un-s-sister-really-means-when-calling-for-north-and-south-unification.html
• https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/10/asia/kim-sister-olympics/index.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/world/asia/kim-yo-jong-mike-pence-olympics.html
• https://nypost.com/2018/02/11/the-perverse-fawning-over-brutal-kim-jong-uns-sister-at-the-olympics/
• http://www.faithwire.com/2018/02/12/heres-a-handy-list-of-atrocities-for-anyone-engaged-in-perverse-fawning-over-north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-today/

Julian Assange

• https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/13/julian-assange-saga-judge-to-rule-on-arrest-warrant

NSA Buys Back Secrets

• https://theintercept.com/2018/02/12/bonus-intercepted-podcast-jim-risen-goes-inside-the-nsas-secret-channel-to-russia/
• https://theintercept.com/2018/02/09/donald-trump-russia-election-nsa/

Grassley Graham Memo

• http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/13/did-carter-page-contacts-give-obama-fbi-window-into-trump-team-world.html
• http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/12/senators-flag-unusual-susan-rice-email-on-russia-probe-from-inauguration-day.html
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456287/grassley-graham-memo-affirms-nunes-memo-fisa-steele-dossier
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27054/breaking-her-last-day-office-obama-national-ben-shapiro
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455267/christopher-steele-dossier-obama-administration-hillary-clinton-campaign-congress-fisa-court
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455248/steele-dossier-senators-criminal-referral-appropriate

Agency Cuts

• http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373441-the-federal-programs-trump-proposes-cutting-in-2019-budget
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/12/trumps-budget-hits-poor-americans-the-hardest/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_budgetanalysis-315pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.9cf708102e48
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/12/16996832/trump-budget-2019-release-explained
• https://www.dailywire.com/news/27064/trumponomics-feds-just-made-history-tax-collection-james-barrett

Food Stamps

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/12/trump-wants-to-slash-food-stamps-and-replace-them-with-a-blue-apron-type-program/?utm_term=.892f3684334e
• http://fortune.com/2018/02/13/food-stamps-blue-apron-americas-harvest-box/?utm_campaign=fortunemagazine&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE

ICE Targets Rivals

• https://theintercept.com/2018/02/09/ravi-ragbir-ice-immigration-deportation/

No To A Dance

Mom upset after school tells 6th graders they can’t say no when asked to dance

Sex With Teachers

• https://www.dailywire.com/news/26927/22-year-old-teacher-charged-sexual-assault-sex-18-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro

Libertarian Autists

• https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/02/13/professor-at-prestigious-university-declares-libertarian-leaders-seem-to-be-on-the-autism-spectrum

Chris Spangle, Creighton Harrington, and Tad Western discuss the new developments in the Hillary Clinton scandals, we discuss the new big spending budget, military waste, and the SCOTUS gerrymandering case.

Show Links

Uranium One

• https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-08/fbi-informant-testifies-moscow-routed-millions-clinton-foundation-russian-uranium
• http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/08/informant-says-moscow-paid-millions-in-bid-to-influence-clinton.html
• http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/08/judge-andrew-napolitano-memos-fisa-courts-partisan-political-games-why-should-care.html
• http://video.foxnews.com/v/5728579909001/
• http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/07/fox-news-first-new-texts-spark-new-questions-about-fbi-clinton-emails-missing-link-found-in-dossier-scandal.html
• http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/06/gowdy-hints-sidney-blumenthal-leaked-info-to-dossier-author-steele.html
• https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-09/rather-not-have-paper-trail-top-dem-texted-russian-oligarch-lobbyist-access-steele
• https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-08/trumps-draining-swamp-real-life-game-thrones
• https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-08/andrew-napolitano-exposes-fisa-court-charade
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/2/16956014/nunes-memo-carter-page
• https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/1/16956290/nunes-memo-release-the-memo-fbi-russia
• https://www.vox.com/2018/1/5/16845704/steele-dossier-russia-trump
• https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/1/16960270/3-memos-nunes-fbi-trump-russia-explained
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456222/lisa-pages-obama-text-shows-silliness-trump-obstruction-inquiry
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456183/fisa-memo-scarier-watergate
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456193/release-memo-giving-legal-basis-military-action-absent-congressional-okay
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456134/fisagate-boomerangs-democrats-hillary-obama
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456132/donald-trump-fbi-targeting-or-reasonable-suspicion
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456193/war-making-powers-serious-constitutional-debate
• https://www.lifezette.com/author/CharlesOrtel/

Budget

• https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/politics/rand-paul-analysis/index.html
• https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/07/senate-reaches-bipartisan-deal-to-keep-t
• http://reason.com/blog/2018/02/06/damning-audit-says-pentagon-cannot-accou
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456248/infrastructure-crumbling-rhetoric-not-reality
• http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456210/senate-spending-bill-conservatives-should-oppose
• https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/08/rand-paul-is-single-handedly-delaying-th
• https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/08/rural-america-needs-road-infrastructure
• https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/08/the-senate-budget-deal-proves-republican
• https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-08/inflation-alert-velocity-money-has-finally-bottomed
• https://apnews.com/f955b6ff8b854246a95928da4174c156/Pentagon-says-Trump-ordered-Washington-military-parade

Gerrymandering

• http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/gill-v-whitford/
• http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/amicus/2017/09/political_gerrymandering_and_the_2017_supreme_court_term.html
• https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/How_the_Efficiency_Gap_Standard_Works.pdf
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/03/upshot/how-the-new-math-of-gerrymandering-works-supreme-court.html
• https://fedsoc.org/commentary/podcasts/gill-v-whitford-post-argument-scotuscast
• https://youtu.be/IKtbfVmKM3w
• https://youtu.be/3SUomE_uHBo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_v._Whitford
• https://www.oyez.org/cases/1985/84-1244
• http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/08/symposium-whitford-nothing-new/
• http://www.scotusblog.com/2017/08/symposium-mind-gap-efficiency-gap-failures-problem-geography-choice-redistricting/
• https://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/gerry-and-his-mander-a-history-of-gerrymandering-with-update-on-recent-scotus-case/

Chris Spangle and Harry Price discuss the double standard libertarians apply to their echo chamber, we break down the Nunes memo, who is Carter Page, and ask who thought Lady Doritos were a good idea?

Show Links:

• https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/read-the-full-text-of-the-nunes-memo/552191/
• https://theintercept.com/2018/02/05/the-nunes-memo-and-katie-roiphe-article-show-how-concerns-for-due-process-and-civil-liberties-are-highly-selective-and-self-centered/
• http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/pepsico-shoots-lady-doritos-speculation/312267/
• https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/you-should-never-ever-argue-with-anyone-on-facebook-according-to-science.html

Chris Spangle interviews Daniel Hayes, the Libertarian Party Convention Committee Chairman, about the controversy over Ron Paul not being invited to speak. Hayes is also a member of the LNC, so we asked him about Arvin Vohra and Nick Sarwark. Spangle then gives a history of why the LP and the Rothbardians don’t get along.

Show Links

• The LP Convention Chair Just Rejected Ron Paul and Judge Napolitano From National Convention
• Good News: Young Americans Want a New Political Party
• Murray Rothbard vs. The Koch Libertarians
• Bob Barr goes hog wild after Ron Paul event
• Ron Paul Facebook Video

Chris Spangle, Chris Gault, and Creighton Harrington dissect all of the major points of the State of the Union and give an update on the brewing FBI scandal.

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Chris Spangle, Chris Gault, and Creighton Harrington discuss why human nature and libertarianism are perfectly aligned by breaking down the Jordan Peterson debate with Cathy Newman on the BBC. We discuss economics, the wage gap between men and women, the best way to win a debate, human nature, the differences between men and women, social hierarchies, and why the future is libertarian.

Videos played:

Peterson on Morality

Peterson on the BBC