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Show 14-11 Summary: The vast majority of Americans used to be able to agree on some simple things. Like free speech and election integrity. You know. The right to free speech and that our elections should be fair, free, and secure against fraud. But no more. And the more the Left uses the power of government to enforce their view of America on the rest of us, the less we’ll agree and the less we’ll look like America. We interview Kimberly Hermann of the Southeastern Legal Foundation and Catherine Engelbrecht from True the Vote. Two women truly on the front lines of liberty. And the fight ahead to save America.

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Original Air Dates: March 16th & 17th, 2024 | Guests: Kimberly Hermann & Catherine Engelbrecht

This Week – Free Speech and Election Integrity

With the First Amendment — remember that? — being foundational to America, you would think we would all be able to agree on free speech and election integrity. But we don’t. Why is that?

Because when it comes to free speech and election integrity, Americans are extremely divided. In part, it’s because the Left and the Right have very different ideas about what is free speech and and what is election integrity.

The Right wants to have absolute free speech, as intended by our founders. But the Left thinks government should control speech — what can be said and what can’t. Which is weird because the government is supposed to defend a person’s right to free speech, not compel them to say something or prevent them from saying it.

And the same with elections, which are a form of free speech. The Right thinks of election integrity as limiting the ability for people to cheat and that only those who have a right to vote, should. But the Left only sees integrity in elections when everyone gets to vote, even if they don’t have a legal right to do so.

Free Speech Only for Some?

We talk with Kimberly Hermann, the general counsel for Southeastern Legal Foundation about a curious lawsuit they just filed against the University of New Mexico. But before we get there, we talk about some basics of free speech. Does the First Amendment have an asterisk by it, as the Left would have us believe? And what about this notion that our Founders never envisioned the internet so now we should do away with the free speech? And what about all this censorship? By our own government no less?

And it’s not just our government attempting to censor. It’s our universities. Tune in to hear how UNM decided to fine one side of the political aisle for trying to exercise their rights. And what Southeastern Legal is doing to remind them they have a legal obligation to protect speech. Even if they hate it.

Election Integrity

Then we talk with Catherine Engelbrecht, the president of True the Vote. Because TTV fights for election integrity, and has exposed tens of thousands of instances of voter fraud, they get smeared from time to time. We discuss the latest, in which they’re accused of not having any evidence of a single instance of voter fraud. But who said it? The guy to whom they gave the evidence. Except in his shallow mind, it doesn’t exist if you don’t look at it.

And you’ll never guess who begged for True the Vote’s endorsement.

But with 2024 looming, just voting is no longer an option. Thankfully, do-nothing Ronna McDaniels (the Fani Willis of the Republican Party) is gone at the Republican National Committee. And with new leadership, the RNC has alre3ady fired its first shot. At Michigan. Why? Because in 53 counties, Michigan has more registered voters than actual adults.

We also get Catherine’s insights from the trenches what everyday people can do. And what the RNC needs to focus on in the months ahead.

Mentioned: The Incredible Global Censorship Machine

As mentioned in the closer, Tucker Carlson had a stunning interview with Mike Benz, who revealed the alarming trutch behind the global effort by the Left to use government agencies and anti-free speech laws to censor the Right, who want free speech and smaller government. Watch the short clip, “Is Hate Speech a Loophole in the Constitution?” (Tucker Carlson Network, YT Channel, Mar 3, 2024). Here are some highlights:

• The “Global Engagement Center” founded by Rick Stangle, who is a former journalist and described himself as “Obama’s Propagandist in Chief.”
• Stangle has made public arguments against the First Amendment and Free Speech
• The Global Engagement Center was the first government censorship operation within the federal govt, originally desiged to combat ISIS, which was recruiting on Facebook and Twitter. But then they turned it on American citizens.
• It uses Artificial Intelligence to map the entire conversations happening on social media and create a vasty topography of how communities are organized online; major influencers are, what they’re talking about, what narratives are emerging or trending
• When Hillary was not elected in 2016, State Department officials left and to prevent another Trump-style victory in the3 future, they convinced European countries to pass censorship laws and use this AI style systems to attack those on the right.
  • They forced social media companies to employ censorship algorithms. They could be fined $54 million per post that had been identified as “hate speech” by the algorithm if it remained on the site for more than 48 hours
• It has the ability to censor 10s of millions of posts with just a few lines of code.
• Over 60 universities in the U.S. get federal grants to do this censorship work

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Mentioned during Kimberly’s Segments (1–3)

• Leadership Institute, et al. v. University of New Mexico: SLF files lawsuit against the University of New Mexico for violating students’ and speakers’ freedom of speech (SLF, case details, March 2024)
• Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Seeks to Stop Biden Admin­is­tra­tion from Cen­sor­ing Amer­i­can Media Companies  (AG of Texas, News Release, Feb 7, 2024)
• SLF’s previous encounter with the University of New Mexico:*”1st Amendment case involving free speech and social media before the United States Supreme Court” (Michael Delsignore blog, Aug 31, 2020)*Hunt v. Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico (SCOTUS Blog, Nov 23, 2020)*“Issue: Whether the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico violated Paul Hunt’s clearly established rights as a private citizen under the First Amendment by punishing him for his off-campus, political speech.”

Mentioned during Catherine’s Segments (4–6)

• The smear article: “Conservative Group Tells Judge It Has No Evidence to Back Its Claims of Georgia Ballot Stuffing” (US News , Feb 14, 2024)
• Judge rules True the Vote’s mass voter challenges in Georgia are not illegal voter intimidation (Wabe, Jan 2, 2024)
• Lawsuit Uncovers How Raffensperger Tried To Memory-Hole The Election Law Trump’s Georgia Call Was About (The Federalist, Jan 16, 2024)
• Super Tuesday Voting Irregularities Report (True the Vote, Mar 7, 2024) (Scroll down to find the article)
• In Case You Missed It (True the Vote, Mar 6, 2024) (Scroll down to find the article)
• Mollie Hemingway: “New Book Admits Fani Willis’ Get-Trump Investigation Began With Illegal Recording (The Federalist, March 7, 2024)
• Constitutional Attorney Lists Five Ways Georgia DA Fani Willis Committed Misconduct Prosecuting Trump and His Associates (Georgia Star News, March 7, 2024)
• BREAKING: Georgia Judge tosses ‘Find the Votes’ phone call charge in Trump case (The Post Millennial, March 13, 2024)
  • “It was alleged in the conspiracy case against him that Trump was telling Raffensperger to manufacture votes, to create votes where none existed before. Trump’s attorneys called for a recount in the state.”
• The Republican National Committee sues Michigan over the state’s voter rolls (NBC News, Mar 13, 2024)

Free Speech and Election Integrity Links

• Is Hate Speech a Loophole in the Constitution? (Tucker Carlson Network, YT Channel, Mar 3, 2024)
• “Free speech: Why it’s under attack and what can be done to promote diverse viewpoints” (American Assoc of Medical Colleges, Sept 7, 2023)
• America’s Losing Its Free Speech Consensus (Reason, Mar 17, 2023)
• The Biden Administration’s Assault on Free Speech (WSJ Opinion, July 28, 2023)
• How America turned against the First Amendment (The Verge, Nov 2, 2022)
• “Experts say attacks on free speech are rising across the U.S.” (PBS, Mar 15, 2023)
  • Ironically, because the Left is not allowed to force their views on other people, the Left thinks their free speech is also under attack.
• “I Disapprove of What You Say, But   I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It.” (Quote Investigator, June 1, 2015)