Category: Covid-19

What to do About Our Many Healthcare Crises | Part 1

What to do About Our Many Healthcare Crises | Part 1

Show Summary: We are dumping billions upon billions into our healthcare system. But there are more healthcare crises than ever. What’s going on? We talk with health care system expert, Lisa Lettenmaier to find out what’s happening and why there are so many crises. Next week, we’ll look at the root cause of so many of these problems and what can be done.

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Original Air Dates: July 30th & 31st, 2022 | Guest: Lisa Lettenmaier

This Week – Our Many Healthcare Crises

We are diving deep into the problems plaguing our health care system. The many healthcare crises and the ever-growing expense. How is it that we are spending more than ever — by far! — on healthcare and yet it’s just one crisis after another? 

Does anyone even remember that we were promised that Obamacare would fix all this? And cost less?

We bring back our healthcare system expert, Lisa Lettenmaier. Lisa is currently an insurance agent and owns Health Source NW. But her background is in accounting, overseeing budgets and forecasting for major companies. So when she looks at the healthcare crises, she is viewing it not just from an insurance standpoint but from a systemic analyst’s viewpoint.

And it’s not good.

We talk with Lisa about the many healthcare crises right now but focus on three in particular that are the most troubling. Including the mental health crisis, which, in many ways, is emblematic of the other system-wide problems.

We’ll continue this deep dive next week and focus in on the root of all these crises. Which has changed everything—and not for the good.

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Rising prescription drug prices (OregonLive, July 20, 2022)

Oregon agency sets virtual public hearings on 2023 health insurance preliminary rate decisions (KTVZ, July 23, 2022)

Healthcare and ambulance services deal with capacity crisis (KGW, July 22, 2022)

Profits of the pandemic: Moderna gives Boston’s property market a shot (Daily Mail, July 23, 2022)

WA hospitals facing ‘unsustainable’ financial losses, in danger of cutting services (Seattle Times, July 21, 2022)

Left’s Latest Health Care Scheme Will Worsen Inflation, The Deficit, And Your Insurance (The Federalist, July 25, 2022)

Difficulty Paying Bills Tops Pandemic High in US Census Survey (Yahoo News, July 25, 2022)

Covid Relief Spending by the Federal Government (via USASpending.gov, retrieved July 28, 2022)

Sometimes, it’s not Unconstitutional. It’s just Lies.

Sometimes, it’s not Unconstitutional. It’s just Lies.

Show Summary: The government has gone from a cottage industry of lies to a full-blown industrial-scale lie and disinformation mega-corporation. Now, they even have a Ministry of Truth to punish dissenters (realists) and promote their, and only their, version of “truth.” Orwell couldn’t be more proud. Funny though. It’s amazing how many times when the government lies, it’s because what its doing is unconstitutional. We talk with Jonathan Emord, one of America’s top constitutional attorneys, about the abortion ruling, the lies of covid, the politicization of science, and that Ministry of Truth.

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Original Air Dates: May 14th & 15th, 2022 | Guest: Jonathan Emord 

This Week – Unconstitutional usually = Lies

It’s amazing how many times when the government lies, it’s because what its doing is unconstitutional.  It lied about the “constitutionality” of Roe v Wade, leading to a generation of ill-informed Leftists believing it was constitutional. Which, because of that lie, lead to others. The lie that it was just a “clump of cells.” The lie that a unborn baby didn’t feel pain. It wasn’t human.

Amazing how many lies were spun to keep the big lie going. And that’s just one example. But did you ever notice that when the government is acting unconstitutional, it involves lies?

Jonathan Emord on Abortion Ruling and More

The Authoritarians by Jonathan Emord
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This week, we welcome back Jonathan Emord, one of America’s top constitutional attorneys, to talk about the abortion ruling (the lies that made it and the lies that kept it going), the lies of covid, the lies about the vaccines, the politicization of science, and that new Ministry of Truth hatched by the Biden administration.

But, really, it comes down to trust. Trust in our institutions and the people at them. And that’s hard to come by when they go out of their way to break trust. And then hide what they did.

Buckle up.

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Abortion, Roe v Wade, Leaker, etc.

  • The Leak: “Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows” (Politico, May 2, 2022)
    • The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision — Planned Parenthood v. Casey — that largely maintained the right. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes.
  • The Mystery of the Declining U.S. Birth Rate (Econofact, Feb 15, 2022)
  • Sen. Schumer Battle Cry: Democrats May Pack Supreme Court If Majority Is Kept (OAN, May 4, 2022)
    • From the floor of the Senate, Schumer “suggested Democrats could try and pack the Supreme Court if they keep control of the upper chamber after the November midterms. Schumer warned expanding the court and appointing more liberal justices is a possibility.”

The GAO Report

  • Read it for yourself – GAO Report to Congressional Addressees: Scientific Integrity (PDF, April 2022)
    • The April 2022 GAO Report found FDA, CDC, NIH, and ASPR did not have procedures in place to prevent the politicization of science. As a result, potential political interference resulted in the alteration or suppression of scientific findings.
  • The GAO Report: Scientific Integrity: HHS Agencies Need to Develop Procedures and Train Staff on Reporting and Addressing Political Interference (GAO Office, April 2022)
  • Federal Investigators Reveal ‘Bombshell’ Findings CDC & FDA Undertook Politically Motivated Actions During Covid Pandemic (Becker News, April 27, 2022)
  • GAO highlights lack of policies to combat political interference at health agencies (Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, Apr 25, 2022)

The Many Lies of Covid

  • Acting NIH Director Admits Appearance of Conflict of Interest in Secret Royalty Payments (Epoch Times, May 11, 2022)
  • Top US Scientist Tried to Help Wuhan Lab Counter Virus Leak Concerns (Epoch Times, May 12, 2022)
    • “These startling documents show that China had partners here in the United States willing to go to bat for them on the Wuhan lab controversy,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a May 9 statement.” 
  • Military doctors can’t trust DOD medical database after COVID vax injuries scrubbed: whistleblower (Just the News, May 10, 2022)
  • CDC Finally Admits Lockdowns Are Harmful To Youth (The Daily Wire, via YouTube, Apr 19, 2022)
    • “As the world finally begins opening up, we’re beginning to get a picture of just how dangerous, and in many cases, deadly, lockdowns were. While we were all affected, there was one group of Americans hurt more than any other. Young people.”
  • ‘Deep State’ Was Working Against Trump on COVID-19 Response: Former HHS Adviser (The Epoch Times, May 1, 2022)
  • More false information: CDC report admits 74.2 million people in the USA have not had a single dose of a Covid-19 Vaccine, & another 157 million have refused a 2nd or 3rd dose (David Icke, May 4, 2022)
    • But wait, I thought we were all told 75-80% of Americans were fully vaccinated…?
  • 3.6% of the German population is now disabled due to the vaccine (Dr Peter McCullough, via Reddit, May 6, 2022)
  • Typical misinformation regarding Danish COVID-numbers (Statems Serum Institut arch 22, 2022)
  • Denmark will stop promoting COVID vaccinations on May 15, 2022 (Steve Kirsch’s Newsletter, via Substack, Apr 28, 2022)
  • Did Moderna Study Predict “Pandemic of the Vaccinated?” (We Love Trump, May 5, 2022)

Election Fraud

  • Exclusive — Dinesh D’Souza: Latest Film Contains ‘Smoking Gun’ on How Ballot Harvesting Manipulated the 2020 Election (Breitbart, Apr 30, 2022)
  • 25 Questions About 2020 Election Fraud (The Still Report #3810, via Rumble, Mar 12, 2022)
  • Michigan State Police seizes voting machine in 2020 investigation (Washington Examiner, May 5, 2022)
  • Judicial Watch Warns 14 Counties in Five States to Clean Voter Registration Lists or Face Federal Lawsuits (Judicial Watch, Press Release, Nov 16, 2021)
  • Election Integrity Group Releases Hard Evidence Of 4.8 MILLION Fraudulent Votes — ‘Organized Crime’ Was Conducted To ‘Rig The 2020 Election’ (enVolve, April 19, 2022)
  • Maricopa, AZ Verified With Evidence: Trump 59.4%, Biden 41.17% (Clever Journeys, Apr 11, 2022)
  • Wisconsin assembly speaker allows 2020 election investigation to continue (Just the News, Apr 28, 2022)
    • Probe won’t end until lawmakers are certain about the legal authority to issue subpoenas by the state’s special investigator, Speaker Robin Vos declares.

Ministry of Truth

  • The New Disinformationists (Victor Davis Hanson, writing in American Greatness, May 1, 2022)
  • Homeland Security’s “Disinformation Board” is Even More Pernicious Than it Seems (Glenn Greenwald, via Substack, May 4, 2022)
    • The power to decree what is “disinformation” now determines what can and cannot be discussed on the internet. It is now in the hands of trained disinformation agents of the U.S. Security State.
Congress Needs Professional Help & Could “Lock Her Up” Come True?

Congress Needs Professional Help & Could “Lock Her Up” Come True?

Show Summary: We continue our look into Oregon’s competitive congressional districts: 4, 5, and 6. This week, we talk with Dr. Angela Plowhead, a clinical psychologist and veteran, who is running in Oregon’s sixth congressional district. We talk with her about the psychological warfare unleashed on American citizens — by their own government — and the hypersexualization unleashed on our school kids. We also talk with bestselling author and “recovering attorney” Scott McEwen about the Trump RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton. Oh, Lordy. This could be great.

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Original Air Dates: April 2nd & 3rd, 2022 | Guests: Dr. Angela Plowhead & Scott McEwen

This Week – In a World Gone Crazy… Send in a Professional

From the bottom up, Conservatives are standing up and running for office after being furious over the far-left’s dark agenda of CRT, post-birth abortion, suicide assistance, and sex camps for kids. You’re probably thinking, wait, what?

Yes. Sex camps and school curriculum focused on teaching our young children about sex while attempting to blur or destroy their personal identity. Childhood should be innocent, not have weird adult fantasies pushed at them. The hypersexualization of children by schools and society needs to stop. And in case you don’t think this is a real problem, three teachers in Oregon were just arrest in the last 10 days for sex crimes against kids. Including a fourth-grade school teacher in McMinnville.

Concerned about the hypersexualization of school kids? Consider joining a chapter of Parents’ Rights in Education. Here’s Oregon’s Facebook page.

Normal adults don't tell kids to keep secrets from their parents. Normal adults have no inclination to talk to 5–9 year olds, who are not their children, about sex and gender switching. Perverts and predators do.
Allie Beth Stuckey nails it

First up, to discuss her run for the newly created Congressional District 6, clinical psychologist, Dr. Angela Plowhead, is now devoting her time and energy to fight the wrong “thinking” of the far-left. A former intelligence officer in the US Air Force, Dr. Plowhead, analyzed data to understand how the people of authoritarian and communist countries were being manipulated and attacked by their own government. That training has helped her diagnose the far-lefts approach to CRT curriculum and what they are hoping to accomplish.

And Dr. Plowhead is deeply worried about the loss of our freedoms and the psychological warfare being unleashed by our government on our own people. Listen to find out her professional take on what the far left has been doing to our kids. With so much to discuss we are asking her back in a few weeks for a Part II interview.

ICYMI – Dr. Angela Plowhead’s campaign site is angelaforcongress.com

The Trump Lawsuit: Trump files RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

Lock her up! Lock her up! How many times have we heard that at Trump rallies? Could it be one step closer to reality?

Last week, Trump filed a lawsuit, alleging RICO violations. We talk with fan-favorite, bestselling author, and “recovering attorney,” Scott McEwen, about the Trump lawsuit. Does filing a RICO lawsuit give it more weight?

And, as only Trump could do, he managed to draw a Clinton-appointed judge to hear the case. One would think the judge would recuse himself, seeing that he was appointed by the husband of the accused. But then again, there’s no corruption like Clinton corruption. Just imagine the howling by the Left if Trump had drawn a Trump-appointed judge.

Looking for Scott’s books? Check out his list of books on I Spy Radio’s store page — or head to www.ScottMcEwen.com

We ask Scott about that clear conflict of interest. And you would think this would be a slam dunk, considering there has already been judicial rulings that found, yes, people did try to sabotage Trump with Russia collusion. Is the whole point of this is to get to discovery? And what then?

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Research, Links, & Further Information

Angela Plowhead Runs for Oregon’s CD6 (Segments 1–3)

The Trump Lawsuit, Scott McEwen (Segments 4–6)

  • President Trump Sues Hillary Clinton and Host of Others in RICO Suit Over Russia Collusion Hoax (Gateway Pundit, March 24, 2022)
  • Kash Patel gives the best explanation that I’ve heard of the RICO lawsuit that President Trump just filed (Charlie Kirk Show, via Reddit, March 28, 2022)
  • Highlights of President Trump’s Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton and Her Russian Collusion Cohorts (Clever Journeys, Mar 25, 2022)
  • Video: “We Have Another Suit That Will Be Filed Shortly – I’ll Be Back… Next Week” – Trump Attorney Alina Habba Announces a New Lawsuit Will Be Filed Next Week (Newsmax via Gateway Pundit, March 25, 2022)
  • President Trump Sues Hillary Clinton and Host of Others in RICO Suit Over Russia Collusion Hoax (GWP, Mar 24, 2022
  • The Federalist isn’t as sure as Scott. “Can Trump Win His Lawsuit Against Hillary?” (The Federalist, Mar 29, 2022)
    • Former President Trump’s lawyers allege a total of 16 separate counts, ranging from racketeering claims to state tort claims.
    • “While racketeering, as defined in the statute, constitutes a federal crime, in passing RICO Congress also created a “civil right of action,” meaning those harmed by violations of RICO could sue for damages civilly.”
  • Day After FEC Fines Hillary’s 2016 Campaign for Lying About Creating and Funding the Fake Trump-Russia Conspiracy — She Tweets Out a NEW Trump-Russia Conspiracy (GWP, March 30, 2022)
Putting Out Fires in Forests & Congress | Dave Sullivan & John Di Paola

Putting Out Fires in Forests & Congress | Dave Sullivan & John Di Paola

Show Summary: This week, it’s citizen answering the call, every day people who got fed up with what was happening with our govt and stepped forward to do something. We talk with Dr. Dave Sullivan about his lawsuit against the State of Oregon for refusing to obey its own laws on the School Trust lands. And we talk with Dr. John Di Paola, who is running for Congress in Oregon’s 5th District. As a recently retired orthopedic surgeon, John had more than a bit to say about the government’s mismanagement of covid that endangered his patients.

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Original Air Dates: March 26th & 27th, 2022 | Guests: Dr. Dave Sullivan & Dr. John Di Paola

This Week – Citizens Answer the Call

Listeners of I Spy Radio are very knowledgeable about the Elliott Forest and the State of Oregon’s own attempts to sabotage the School Trust lands. And do everything possible not to obey their own laws. Recently, Oregon voted to effectively take the Elliott offline and remove it from production. And pay OSU to “study” the forest. Which means Oregon has moved it from an income production (an asset) to an expense (a liability).

That’s a violation of the law. The School Trust lands were to be held by the state, log them, and use the proceeds to pay into the School Trust.

We talk to first-time guest, Dr. Dave Sullivan, an emeritus professor, school of business, at Oregon State University. He has stepped up and is suing the State of Oregon for violating the law and their financial responsibility. To the schools. To the taxpayers. And to our school children.

“School trust lands were granted to states at the time of statehood for the sole purpose of generating revenue in perpetuity for public education.” – Oregon Advocates for School Trust Lands

Dr. John Di Paola – Fed Up with Congress

John Di Paola had a good, long career as a busy orthopedic surgeon. But never expected the complete mismanagement of covid by the government. As a recently retired orthopedic surgeon, John had more than a bit to say about the government’s covid mismanagement that endangered his patients.

Looking for more information about Dr. John Di Paola and his run for congress in Oregon’s CD5 Head to www.dipaolaforcongress.com

John Di Paola came across this series of workshops Oregon wants to teach kids. Including "The Case for Porn Literacy."
Oregon’s “educators” sexuality workshops, including “The Case for Porn Literacy”

After his planned retirement in July 2020, he finally had some time to start reading and looking around and the more he looked, the more horrified and angry he became. From what was happening in our schools, attacks on small businesses, the border — there was no end of problems.

We talk with John about what else convinced him to run. He shares with us his thoughts on the destruction of America’s education system, which has become an indoctrination center for every whim of the far left. And he talks with us about bringing back businesses to Oregon.

Check out the “My Future, My Choice” sexuality workshops John’s wife found being offered by the Oregon Dept of Human Services. Including “The Case for Porn Literacy”.

We’ll have to have John Di Poala back on before the election. We really feel we only just scratched the surface with him.

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Research, Links, & Further Information

  • Dr. Dave Sullivan’s website is Oregon Advocates for School Trust Lands, www.OASTL.org
  • Dr. John Di Paola’s campaign website is dipaolaforcongress.com
  • A recent Oregon Department of Education Sexuality Education Newsletter (ODE, March 2022)
    • Editors note: Oregon clearly has a typo there. They mean “indoctrination” not “education.”
    • Editor’s note 2: Note also it’s no longer “sex ed,” now it’s “sexuality education.”

 

 

 

 

Authoritarianism Happening Around the World – Will it Happen Here?

Authoritarianism Happening Around the World – Will it Happen Here?

Show Summary: We are witnessing global authoritarians resist the great push back. People are done with covid mandates, pushing back at never-made-sense masks and more. In Canada, the Freedom Convoy was met with Gestapo style tactics, exposing the lengths authoritarians will go to keep their power. Now Russia tramples Ukraine’s borders and sovereignty. Can this come here? What still protects us? What makes us different than places like Canada, which has it’s own Charter of Rights?

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Original Air Dates: February 26th & 27th, 2022 | Guest: Jonathan Emord

This week it’s all about the authoritarianism we are seeing on display in on other countries — Canadian police trampling citizens and freezing bank accounts of people who weren’t even at the freedom protests but merely supported them from afar; Russia trampling on Ukraine’s sovereignty, and even here in the U.S.

Could these happen here?

Possibly, but it will be much harder — thanks to, once again, the wisdom and foresight of our Founders. Top Constitutional attorney, Jonathan Emord, tells us why America really is that shining beacon of freedom.

Jonathan Emord has quickly become one of our top, most-frequent guests. Be sure to check out his previous appearances.

Authoritarianism: Two Must-Read Books

If you only have time to read two books this year, read these:

Jonathan Emord’s The Authoritarians: Their Assault on Individual Liberty, the Constitution, and Free Enterprise from the 19th Century to the Present. You will learn about Marxist/socialist/communist ideology and how took root in America in the mid 1800s and became the justification for slavery. Also, how it continued to spread and flourished until it has now sabotaged our Constitutional republic as designed.

And Disinformation by Lt. Gen. Ion Pacepa and Ron Rychlak. Ion Pacepa The highest-ranking Soviet bloc intelligence official ever to defect to the West, and he was the head of the Soviet disinformation campaign.

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What do Covid, Prisons, & the Elliott Forest have in Common?

What do Covid, Prisons, & the Elliott Forest have in Common?

Show Summary: This week, it’s a roundup of some craziness around Oregon. The continuing boondoggle that is the Elliott Forest. Governor Kate Brown(shirt) seizing power by changing legislation. Using covid to releasing prisoners, closing prisons — and giving one of them to OSU. A prison that just happens to be right on the edge of the Elliott.

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Original Air Dates: February 19th & 20th, 2022 | Guests: Dr. Bob Zybach & Chuck Wiese

This week, it’s a roundup of some craziness around Oregon. The continuing boondoggle that is the Elliott Forest as, once again, Oregon tries to divest itself of a billion-dollar asset that, by law, is supposed to generate income for the state school funds. But they’d rather stare at trees. (Literally!)

Be sure to listen to the bloviating answer to Bob Zybach’s question during OSU’s Q&A

And we talk with fan-favorite, Chuck Wiese, to give us his punditry about the emptying of prisons, one of which was given back to the federal government — but now Oregon wants to lease one of them (which just happens to be right on the edge of the Elliott) back from the feds and put those men-who-stare-at-trees in it. WHAT is going on.

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Specifically Mentioned During the Show

  • Visit Oregon Natural Resources Industries (ONRI) facebook page for more details about the Rally at the Capitol on Feb 24th, 2022
  • Talk about nonsense! Listen to the talking-point-yadda-yadda answer from some dope from OSU in response to Bob Zybach’s question.

Elliott Forest

  • Legislative session may finally yield a solution for Oregon’s Elliott State Forest (OPB, Feb 6, 2022)
  • Oregon’s Elliott State Forest into a vast, ‘living laboratory (OPB, Nov 20, 2020)

Covid & Prisoner Release

Emptying the Prisons, Close Them, Spend Money

Governor Kate Sued over Prisoner Release & Clemency Abuse

  • Gov. Kate unlawfully commuting prison sentences (KGW, Jan 21, 2022)
    • Brown announced she was using her clemency powers to let those inmates benefit from Oregon Senate Bill 1008, which passed in 2019 and reforms the juvenile justice system. AG Perlow said, the Governor’s priority is offenders of crimes, many of them violent, and ensuring they have a ‘meaningful opportunity to be released’ before they complete their duly secured criminal sentences,” she said in a statement about the legal petition. “Victims of crime, and all other Oregonians, deserve the enforcement of their rights. It is essential that all Oregonians, including public officials, adhere to the rule of law.
  • Oregon governor sued (WA Examiner, Jan 20, 2022)
    • If Gov. Kate Brown’s clemency powers remain unchallenged, it could mean the release of violent offenders, including a man who stabbed his grandmother to death, another who killed a woman with the mental capacity of a 12-year-old and then burned her body beneath a bridge, and a then-17-year-old who shot his older brother three times in the head.
  • Lane County DA among group suing Oregon governor (Yahoo News, Jan 19, 2022)

Still More Related Info

  • Forest Service allocating $262.7 million to Oregon for wildfire recovery efforts (KTVZ, Feb 9, 2022)
  • Oregon has a plan to avoid a repeat. (OPB, Sept 7, 2021)
  • Would more logging have averted Oregon’s catastrophic 2020 wildfires (OregonLive, Update, Feb 7, 2021)
  • Why Salem’s Mill Creek Correctional Facility will be shuttered by July (Salem Reporter, Jan 21, 2021)
  • Oregon State University receives $7.1 million for six more years of long-term forest research (OSU, Dec 14, 2020)
  • Legislature funds Oregon State statewide programs (OSU, June 28, 2021)
  • Background: Shutter Creek Correctional Institution (Templeton, Nov 25, 2021)
  • Court gives Gov. Brown date to respond (KDVR, Jan 31, 2022)*The firm has reached an agreement with the State that no additional felons will be released between Feb. 2nd, and March 2nd, by which point the court plans to rule on the matter.
Resisting Tyranny in Oregon: A Ministry of Truth — and Extorting Schools?

Resisting Tyranny in Oregon: A Ministry of Truth — and Extorting Schools?

Show Summary: We’ve been telling you the Great Pushback is underway. People are done with mandates and the bureaucrats who enforce them. And now we’re seeing more people resisting tyranny in Oregon. Is Oregon primed to be the next Virginia?  A strange fight over a county public health department’s desperate quest to be accredited. And Oregon attempting to blackmail a school into compliance. 

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Original Air Dates: February 5th & 6th, 2022 | Guests: Mary Starrett & Marc Thielman

The Great Pushback Against Tyranny

Have you noticed more and more countries are throwing off the mandates? First the U.K. Then Denmark. Now Finland. And others soon to follow.

And even here in the U.S., more and more cities and states are just done with the mandates.

Resisting Tyranny in Oregon

This week, we’re talking with two public-official heroes (in our book) who are standing up to the overreach of Oregon’s government — from inside government.

Mary Starrett, who tangled with her county’s public health board to get accurate data and more balance to their website, rather than just the official narrative. But doing so led to an strange fight with county health board. Which seemed oddly desperate to get a letter from the county commissioners as they sought accreditation from a non-profit no normal person has heard of. Or cares about.

Why so desperate? Could it be they want to be the “Ministry of Truth” for health? Setting up the one true narrative for covid? Why is Yamhill County Health so afraid of alternative treatments? “Accredited” sites are, of course, a means to look like theirs is the “sanctified source,” which then—psychologically—becomes the ministry of truth for all things covid.

And seizing control of the narrative stops people from being able to ask questions. Because under tyranny, you’re not allowed to ask questions. You’re not allowed alternative treatments. But you are allowed to obey.

As mentioned on the show: Try it! Go to NIH.gov and type “Ivermectin and cancer” into the search box. Or just click this link to jump to the search. Prepare to be amazed.

Watch for Mary Starrett in future I Spy Radio shows.

Is Oregon Attempting to Blackmail the Alsea School District?

Marc Thielman, as Alsea school superintendent, seems to be always tangling with the State. This time, it’s about masks — and the state’s attempts to essentially blackmail Alsea into compliance.

Denver School Board Vice President Weird Fetish with Masks
Weird! Is it a mask mandate? Or a mask fetish? (Click for full size)

Recently, his school district decided to make masks optional. Why? Because that’s CDC guidance. (Bet you haven’t heard that, have you?) But Oregon can’t tolerate being disobeyed. Why does Oregon want so desperately to keep people — especially kids — in masks? It’s a weird psychosis, really.

And considering that more and more studies are showing the mandates, from lockdowns to masks and plenty in between, have done more harm than good, bureaucrats might just be headed for a lawsuit.

VIDEO: Watch Marc Thielman on the Laura Ingraham Show on Fox News. Is Oregon trying to blackmail Alsea School District? You decide.

Real School Choice

Marc Thielman was also the chief petitioner to get Real School Choice on the ballot, which would have created an amendment to Oregon’s constitution, giving it an extra level of security from a regular bill passed into law, making it harder for future legislators from dismantling it. But elected Democrats say they’re for education, just not good education and no one should be able to teach kids except democrats. Which is why democrat Secretary of State, Shemia Fagan, killed it. Find out the ridiculous, convoluted “reasoning” behind her decision. And why she was so wrong. But it’s not over. More resisting tyranny in Oregon on this front too.

Marc Thielman for Governor

Marc is also a candidate for governor on the Republican side. Which means its own set of challanges. Find out the roadblock the Oregon Republican Party (ORP) has set in front of candidates this election.

Hint. They need donors.

If you want to support a fighter resisting tyranny in Oregon, visit Marc’s campaign website: MarcForOregon.com. Stay up to date with news and events. And while there, be sure to give him some love.

As mentioned on the show, right now, they need numbers. It’s the number of donors the ORP is looking at, not just dollars.

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Research, Links & Additional Info

Mary Starrett Segments

  • Mary Starrett issues threat: ‘I don’t want to be an accomplice to this lie, that vaccines and masks will keep you healthy’ (OregonLive, Jan 26, 2022)
  • Starrett declares ‘showdown” for Thursday’s commissioners’ meeting (News Register, Jan 25, 2022)
  • Yamhill County commissioner withdraws threat; fails to discredit COVID-19 vaccines on government website (The Oregonian, Jan 27, 2022)

Marc Thielman Segments

Fighting the Woke | Covid Exposed More than a Nasty Disease

Fighting the Woke | Covid Exposed More than a Nasty Disease

Show Summary: Covid has exposed the rot in the system. It was always there but now people are waking up to it. This week, we look at the woke the Left didn’t want you to see. CRT in the classroom (yes, Virginia, it was there all along). Teacher’s union promotes “White fragility” and endorses racism. Plus corporate wokeness and a new congressional scandal so bad that even AOC gets it right.

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Original Air Dates: January 29th & 30th, 2022 | Guests: Kimberly Hermann & Justin Danhof

Exposing the Woke Rot

This week, we’re welcoming back two organizations out on the front lines of liberty, the Southeastern Legal Foundation and the Free Enterprise Project.

SLF recently discovered some documents the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the NEA (National Education Association) tried to hide from the public about what, exactly, they were supporting being taught in America’s classrooms. Now, why would they want to hide that? We talk with Kimberly Hermann about just what they discovered on the NEA’s website. And we talk with her about the continuing battles in the classroom. Including some legal remedies for parents who’ve been contacted by the FBI after they show up at board meetings.

See SLF’s Twitter thread about uncovering the documents  the NEA tried to hide. Sickening this is being taught to your kids.

And the Free Enterprise Project continues its fight in the shareholders meetings of America’s wokest companies. How woke? Like Visa still sponsoring the Winter Olympics in China. Despite the fact the U.S. government has boycotted the games because of China’s genocide against its own people. We talk with Justin Danhoff about exposing and fighting  the corporate wokeness and he has tools for others to get involved.

Plus, we talk about a new scandal in Congress that is so bad, it might just have you agreeing with AOC of all people. Insider trading. But did you know Congress passed a law to “stop” this, the STOCK Act? Except it doesn’t stop anything. Listen in and find out why.

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Research & Additional Information

  • Denmark welcomes ‘the life we knew before’ and scraps COVID-19 restrictions (Washington Examiner, Jan 27, 2022)
  • Americans Are Sick of Authoritarian Mandates (American Greatness, Jan 24, 2022)
    • The backlash against COVID rules should be a lesson for Democrats and Republicans alike: America is still a land of freedom.
  • ‘Catastrophic Moral Crime’: Bari Weiss Goes Viral After Perfectly Explaining Why Americans Are Fed Up With the Never-Ending Pandemic Mentality (Based Politics, Jan 22, 2022)

Kimberly Hermann Segments

  • Kimberly’s is the general counsel for Southeastern Legal Foundation: SLFliberty.org 
  • NEA hid votes on ‘white fragility,’ Black Lives Matter, reparations amid new scrutiny (Just the News, Jan 11, 2022)
  • SE Legal Foundation’s Twitter thread on uncovering the documents (Twitter, Jan 10, 2022)
  • Fighting CRT in the classroom by Kimberley Hermann and Braden Boucek (The American Mind, Jan 11, 2022)
    • “In our last piece, we detailed successful litigation strategies for battling woke education using the Constitution and Civil Rights Acts. In this piece, we describe lesser-known strategies that can be equally as effective”
  • Winning the CRT Wars in the Courtroom (The American Mind, Sept 2021)
    • “ If a school district forces someone to agree with these statements [that colorblindness is a form of White supremacy], or shuts down disagreement, we step right into First Amendment territory.”
    • “… your kids have broad First Amendment protection both in and out of a classroom.  If a school is going to force a student to say something they do not wish to say, or endorse a belief that they do not endorse, then that is compelled speech. It is unconstitutional.”
  • Parents wise up about Critical Race Theory (NY Post, Jan 23, 2022)

Just Danhof Segments

 

 

Supreme Court v Constitution | Is the Great Pushback Beginning?

Supreme Court v Constitution | Is the Great Pushback Beginning?

Show Summary: Last week, the Supreme Court struck down one of two vaccine mandates, 6-3. But in a second case, two “conservatives” joined the liberals to uphold the mandate forcing healthcare workers to take the vaccine. They were both agency rules, so why strike one and not the other? We ask Jonathan Emord, one of America’s top constitutional attorneys. And would have happened if they hadn’t?

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Original Air Dates: January 22nd & 23rd, 2022 | Guests: Jonathan Emord

Vaccine Mandate Struck Down

This week: last Friday, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down one of two vaccine mandates—the OSHA mandate that tried to force companies with more than 100 employees to force their employees to take an experimental covid vaccine. But in a 5-4 decision, they left another vaccine mandate intact. Why? Why the difference?

We welcome back Jonathan Emord, one of America’s top constitutional attorneys to discuss the difference. And what this means for the vaccine mandates, the other mandates, and, especially, what this means for the future rights of Americans.

The fight for your freedom is not over as neither of these two cases are fully over.

Be sure to catch Jonathan Emord’s previous appearances on I Spy Radio: The Authoritarians Part One and Part Two. His most recent appearance was about restoring the Constitution to undo the administrative state.

Great Britain: All Mandates Ended

The Authoritarians by Jonathan Emord
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Did these ruling shake the plans for the “Great Reset”, both here in America ans abroad? In the shadow of the rulings, Boris Johnson, abruptly announced the end of all covid mandates. Masks in public, social distancing, masks in schools, vaccines, and their plans for a vaccine passport.

Setting aside the power of career-ending scandals to “suddenly” motivate politicians to do the right thing, listen to this powerful video of a 14-year-old girl describing the damage the mask mandates have done to her and her generation:

Heartbreaking! Teenage girl on British news program reacts to the end of the British school mask mandates.

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2021 Year in Review: Democrats’ Political Boneyard | Hope for 2022

2021 Year in Review: Democrats’ Political Boneyard | Hope for 2022

Show Summary: Our year in review: as bad as 2021 has been, it turns out it was the year of proving the Right was right. Lockdowns to mandates to passports, Russia collusion, CRT and so much more — they weren’t conspiracies. Will Oregon reject democrats in 2022? Listen to hear about the monkey wrenches democrats are tossing in the gears to sabotage Oregon.

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Original Air Dates: December 11th & 12th, 2021 | Guest: State Senator Dennis Linthicum

This week: Senator Dennis Linthicum (OR SD-28) joins us for our year in review as we  look back at 2021 and take a look ahead at 2022.

A Year in Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Democrats

Last week we talked with Alek Skarlatos about the democrats’ gerrymandered congressional districts. This week we look a little deeper. Yes, the democrat gerrymandering is a problem but there is another monkey wrench they threw in the elections gears in 2021.

Actually, it’s more of a sledgehammer.

Be sure to check out the resources below for more info on China’s social credit score system democrats want to bring to the U.S. If you thought CRT was bad…

We also look ahead at 2022 and the challenges ahead. There are some great Republican candidates for governor. And, yes, there is a potential monkey wrench there too. Betsy Johnson. While she would be a far better democrat candidate than the ultra far left Tina Kotek or the so-called “moderate” carpetbagger Nicholas Kristoff, she’s running as an independent. Not a democrat.

That says a lot, doesn’t it?

Because she must not believe an independent-minded blue-dog democrat can win in Oregon. At least not get the win in the democrat primary. How will a third-party candidate impact the race? Split the votes and ensure a democrat win? Or split the democrats and let a Republican slip by?

We also look ahead to 2022. What are some of the key issues for Republicans to run on and attract both non-affiliated voters. And even democrats? Here’s a hint: we talked about one of them last week.

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China’s Social Credit Score

  • Video: China ranks ‘good’ and ‘bad’ citizens with ‘social credit’ system (France 24, YT channel, May 1, 2019)
  • China’s social credit system spreads to more daily transactions (Brookings Institute, June 18, 2018)
    • “China has stated that all 1.35 billion of its citizens will be subject to its social credit system by 2020, and travel restrictions for low-scoring citizens is only one of many to come.”
    • “…a poor Chinese social credit score can lead to bans from travel, certain schools, luxury hotels, government positions, and even dating apps.”
  • Chinese Social Credit Score: Utopian Big Data Bliss Or Black Mirror On Steroids? (Forbes, Jan 21, 2019)
    • “…government agencies and private companies are collecting enormous amounts of data about e.g. an individual’s finances, social media activities, credit history, health records, online purchases, tax payments, legal matters, and people you associate with in, addition to images gathered from China’s 200 million surveillance cameras and facial recognition software.”
  • China’s new ‘social credit system’ is a dystopian nightmare (NY Post, May 18, 2019)
    • “Not only are you publicly humiliated in the ticket line, you are then forced to travel by slow train. What should have been a three-hour flight becomes a 30-hour, stop-and-go nightmare. All because the government has declared you untrustworthy. ”
    • “A low social credit score will exclude you from well-paid jobs, make it impossible for you to get a house or a car loan or even book a hotel room. The government will slow down your internet connection, ban your children from attending private schools and even post your profile on a public blacklist for all to see.”
  • UK Study on kids 23%:  COVID rules are blamed for 23% dive in young children’s development: Disturbing study shows scores in three key cognitive tests slumped between 2018 and 2021, with face mask rules among possible culprits (UK Daily Mail, Nov 26, 2021)
    • New study executed by Brown University found face masks and other social distancing measures may in fact impede on children’s development
    • A whopping 23 per cent drop in IQ scores since the start of the pandemic

2021 Year in Review: the Right was Right