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Dallas Lawrence – Communicating Under Fire
This week’s guest is Dallas Lawrence, a communications pro who has worked at the highest levels of government, the military, and corporate America, who joins us to discuss his new book Communicating Under Fire. The book offers terrific advice for communications novices and PR pros alike on how to prepare and respond to communications crises that everyone will eventually face in our cancel culture era. Plus, Tim and Ro discuss President-elect Trump’s cabinet appointments and Gavin Newsom ramping up his efforts to become the head of the liberal resistance against Donald Trump.
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The PRI All Stars on the 2024 Election
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Now that the 2024 election is finally over, the PRI All Stars (Rowena Itchon, Tim Anaya, Lance Izumi and Kerry Jackson) share their thoughts on the election results. They discuss what went wrong for Kamala Harris, preview what policies we might see from an incoming Trump administration and break down Gavin Newsom's campaign fighting everything from the incoming administration. Plus, they share ...
Norton Rainey - CEO of Ace Scholarships on School Choice
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Our guest on this week’s podcast is Norton Rainey, CEO of Ace Scholarships, an organization focused on securing financial support for low-income kids to attend great schools. We chat with Norton about their recent education survey of parents and their thoughts on school choice. We also discuss the many advancements of school choice across the states and the further challenges ahead.
The PRI All Stars 2024 Election Preview
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PRI’s All Stars - Lance Izumi, Kerry Jackson, Rowena Itchon, and Tim Anaya - are back with our usual preview of the 2024 presidential election. We preview what a potential President Harris or re-elected President Trump would do in their upcoming terms, discuss the key propositions including Prop. 36 on retail theft and Prop. 33 on rent control, and breakdown the hot House races in California an...
Judge Glock - On California’s Housing and Homelessness Problems
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With housing - including rent control and development policies - and homelessness key issues for voters across California this election year, we present an expanded version of our recent conversation between the Manhattan Institute’s Judge Glock and our Steven Greenhut of PRI’s Free Cities Center. The two discuss government housing mandates, NIMBY-ism, free market housing policy solutions, rent...
George Gilder on his new book, The Israel Test
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George Gilder on his new book, The Israel Test
The Biosimilar Promise: How Biosimilars Reform Could Save Patients and Taxpayers Even More
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Low-cost biosimilars generated $19 billion in savings value in today’s dollars in 2023. But obstacles in the current drug pricing system meant that billions of dollars in potential savings were left unrealized. Join the Pacific Research Institute’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation and panel of experts for a brief, informative webinar discussing how potential reforms can improve compe...
Tim Carney - On his new book Family Unfriendly
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Our guest this week is journalist Tim Carney. We recorded his talk on his new book, Family Unfriendly, at a recent PRI luncheon in Newport Beach, California. Tim discusses what’s ailing so many families these days - record rates of anxiety, depression and medication among children, and stress suffered by parents. His book focuses on how we got here as a society and how families can begin to red...
Phil Goldberg - On State and Local Climate Change Litigation
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Phil Goldberg, special counsel with the Manufacturers Accountability Project of the National Association of Manufacturers, joins us to discuss a key upcoming Supreme Court case that could impact the future of state and local climate change litigation. We discuss with Phil why these lawsuits drive up energy costs and hurt innovation, and why a comprehensive, national legislative session is the w...
Tim Anaya and Kerry Jackson - The California Left Coast Survivor’s Guide
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In a special episode, we interview co-host Tim Anaya and his co-author Kerry Jackson on their new book,The California Left Coast Survivor’s Guide, which chronicles the bad policy ideas that have been emanating from Sacramento for years and now are inspiring the Biden-Harris administration and policymakers nationwide. They talk about the state’s myriad bans on everything from plastic hotel shamp...
Bartlett Cleland - All Things Tech in Sacramento and Washington
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As we conclude our look back at the 2024 legislative session, PRI senior fellow in tech and innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us for a look back at this year’s big tech debates on issues ranging from AI to how social media companies are disrupting traditional media outlets. We also explore how a Trump administration or Harris administration would approach tech policy over the next for years and...
PRI’s Former Speechwriters on the (Second) First Presidential Debate
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After the big debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, PRI’s team of former speechwriters (Tim Anaya, Rowena Itchon and Lance Izumi) are back with their analysis of the (second) first presidential debate. They weigh in on the strong and weak moments for each candidate, how each addressed their policy weaknesses, the debate over the rules and the moderators, and whether the debate ultimate...
Watch the Free Cities Center interview: Steven Greenhut talks with Judge Glock
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Watch as the Free Cities Center's Steven Greenhut interviews the Manhattan Institute's Judge Glock. They talk about what can be done to stimulate more housing construction, the latest anti-free market efforts of California NIMBY's to stop new housing, how policymakers can increase housing affordability, and how free market reforms can revive our urban centers. To learn more, visit www.pacificre...
Steven Greenhut - End of Session 2024 Wrap-Up
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Free Cities Center director and longtime Sacramento journalist Steven Greenhut joins us for a review of the just-completed 2024 legislative session. We break down the year's hottest legislative debates, including retail theft, the state budget, insurance reform, tech policy, and more. We also discuss Gov. Newsom's dwindling influence over lawmakers this year as his political ambitions turned ea...
PRI's Former Speechwriters Take on the 2024 Democratic Convention
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Tune in as PRI's former speechwriters - Rowena Itchon, Lance Izumi and Tim Anaya - review the just-completed Democratic National Convention. They break down President Biden's farewell speech, discuss whether Kamala Harris' big speech ticked all the boxes and set her on a strong path to the general election, evaluate how well Tim Walz introduced himself to the American people, and, of course, ta...
Read the new book - Learn How to Stop "The California Way" From Coming to Your Town
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Read the new book - Learn How to Stop "The California Way" From Coming to Your Town
Victor Davis Hanson - The End of Everything
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Victor Davis Hanson - The End of Everything
Lord Roberts of Belgravia - Conflicts Around the World
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Lord Roberts of Belgravia - Conflicts Around the World
The Grants Pass Decision on Homelessness: An Inside Look
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The Grants Pass Decision on Homelessness: An Inside Look
Erica Sandberg - San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis
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Erica Sandberg - San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis
PRI's Former Speechwriters on the Republican Convention
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PRI's Former Speechwriters on the Republican Convention
Lance Izumi - The Great Classroom Collapse
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Lance Izumi - The Great Classroom Collapse
Read PRI's Gordon Chang Report
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Read PRI's Gordon Chang Report
Chris Micheli - Is the Legislative Process Fueling Grassroots Activism or Acting as a...
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Chris Micheli - Is the Legislative Process Fueling Grassroots Activism or Acting as a...
Read the new PRI book, "The Great Classroom Collapse"
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Read the new PRI book, "The Great Classroom Collapse"
Former Speechwriters on the First Presidential Debate
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Former Speechwriters on the First Presidential Debate
Charles Kesler on former students book
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Charles Kesler on former students book
WATCH: Are Crime and Homelessness Shifting San Francisco Right?
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WATCH: Are Crime and Homelessness Shifting San Francisco Right?
Matt Beech - What Should Americans Think About the Upcoming British Elections
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Matt Beech - What Should Americans Think About the Upcoming British Elections
Erik Jaffe - 2024 Supreme Court preview
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Erik Jaffe - 2024 Supreme Court preview

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  • @moniquerigling3577
    @moniquerigling3577 Місяць тому

    What are you afraid of, Steven??? If you can talk to my neighbors, no matter how deluded they may be, why are you afraid to speak to me?

  • @LouRyan-f1u
    @LouRyan-f1u Місяць тому

    Dude is a gay porn star. 😂

  • @billruss6704
    @billruss6704 2 місяці тому

    The area where I live in San Luis Obispo county Ca. got millions of dollars to help the homeless. It all went to "administrative costs", They used a few million for an office and most of the rest went to counting how many homeless there were and kicking them out of wherever they were staying. As far as I know not a penny went to actually helping them. My wife volunteers passing out food to the needy. They go around to grocery stores etc. and get leftover food to give out. This cost exactly zero dollars. If they can do this with no money then why can't the government do anything at all with millions of dollars?

  • @LReno-di9cm
    @LReno-di9cm 2 місяці тому

    Adam passed a few days ago. The world was a much better place with Adam in it....

  • @geoffreypereira8024
    @geoffreypereira8024 2 місяці тому

    The Iraq war is not lost because a Mideast government is doing a predictably Mideast thing and attacking the most successful country in their region…sheesh.

  • @BOBLAF88
    @BOBLAF88 3 місяці тому

    Using the boarder to artificially increase property values should be considered a federal crime and should allow indictments of all involved!🤑

  • @mariekihlgren6403
    @mariekihlgren6403 3 місяці тому

    Excellent!

  • @cappstreet1601
    @cappstreet1601 3 місяці тому

    KEZAR STADIUM HAS TOILETS AND WATER COULD BE PARTITIONED TO SEPARATE MALE FEMALE SINGLES-COUPLES-FAMILY AND DERELICS=❤ALSO CALL THE NAVY AND MOVE IN A MOTHBALLED BATTLE SHIP-ANCHOR OFF SHORE-TOILETS-KITCHENS- SLEEPING QUARTERS-HOOK UP FRESH WATER AND MOVE PEOPLE IN

  • @CarlosOjeda-ig3zw
    @CarlosOjeda-ig3zw 4 місяці тому

    God bless you in the Name of Jesus ❤ Greetings from Argentina ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @CarlosOjeda-ig3zw
    @CarlosOjeda-ig3zw 4 місяці тому

    God bless you in the Name of Jesus ❤ Greetings from Argentina ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
    @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 7 місяців тому

    That’s why we washed through both

  • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
    @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 7 місяців тому

    It’s a space we have to provide is a space and that is what we’re doing in appropriate space appropriate behavior n

  • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
    @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 7 місяців тому

    We are building cycles of life, aggro tech, rehabilitative, reject, regenerative reintegrated agricultural community. It would be described as asylum in the Jew definition of the word. CaSunBudsLLC

  • @bill8145
    @bill8145 7 місяців тому

    P R O M O S M

  • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
    @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 7 місяців тому

    The electrical pet rock

  • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
    @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 7 місяців тому

    Homelessness is a big racket. Much money is made off this. Putting unqualified individuals with no solution to the problem racking up grant after grant after grant, stating all they need is more money. Perhaps the solution needs to be developed first. Bring back the live work rehabilitative regenerative, reintegrated agate asylum is a solution it requires no taxpayer money. Beyond 1/16 of what is spent upon the current situation, to maintain it to keep the money rolling again.

  • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
    @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 7 місяців тому

    It’s time to reopen the Agro tech live work rehabilitated regenerative reintegrated asylums

  • @tinyleopard6741
    @tinyleopard6741 8 місяців тому

    Oh yeah thanks for this. My country's been having some education reforms, I hope it goes well for us. I guess I should be wary of the pushes for including statistical literacy subjects, they might be at the cost of the other subjects too. I should also be wary of what is meant by teaching fads than just believing what they purport to do, which I often do because I have some level of trust in them and care more for my own field. About the input of STEM academics on Math education, that's interesting. I guess that while the New Math didn't workout, the problem is more about novelty without research or responding to the results of said novelties. It'd have been fine if, seeing a disaster of a semester or school year, the next iterations were improved and the idea scrutinized, which usually happens and how things improve and processes become resilient.

  • @tinyleopard6741
    @tinyleopard6741 8 місяців тому

    Thanks, I hope I learn these things stronger the next time I encounter them, enough to at least discuss it if not apply it.

  • @dan_taninecz_geopol
    @dan_taninecz_geopol 9 місяців тому

    Remote work is more productive, according to the majority of the data. Hybrid work is important more for socialization and other non-productive tasks. These are obviously important for psychological and interpersonal reasons, but the idea that commuting into downtown SF is productivity boosting is incorrect. Regardless, the author is correct. The predictable outcome of the Southern Strategy that is the MAGA movement has pushed conservatives away from anything remotely statically robust in terms of analysis or policy suggestions.

  • @davidsmyth1906
    @davidsmyth1906 Рік тому

    I wish we Canadians could get you and your organization to Open the Books on our Liberal Government headed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Government waste by high spending Liberals has driven up our debt to Trillions of dollars, and there's no end to his spending 😞

  • @saucyrossy3698
    @saucyrossy3698 Рік тому

    Democrats. End of documentary. Seriously how much cognitive dissonance can one group maintain? Its honestly fascinating.

  • @AnonMedic
    @AnonMedic Рік тому

    Quit drinking just over a decade ago. But Privilege Hennessy is my favorite liquor. And any really hoppy microbrew IPA. My favorite being Torpedo.and Concord local (went out of business) black diamond brewing company's "Rampage" was one of the best Hoppy IPA I ever had. Great video. This Video shows the conundrum of balancing constitutional liberty, with humanity and law enforcement. But to be honest if in 2008 we did what the swiss did and place the criminal bank people in jail for predator lending causing the housing collapse... And had switched our fiat currency 💲 back to a metal standard like it was before Nixon. We would not have the inflation we see today. Homelessness is the symptom, not the root cause. High inflation plus high taxes, and COVID lockdowns ruined middle class america. The root of the problem is the creature from Jekyll Island, signed December 23 1913 at midnight by Woodrow Wilson. It was drafted in a secret meeting on senator aldrich's Private Island off Georgia coast. Pre 1900 Americans knew the foreign banks sceme and voted down any bank bills. So they called it the federal reserve act, but its a private bank. Its the root of why our grandparents dollar/hour of labor at rate, went farther than ours today. I've heard 65% or higher of $ in existence was created the past three years. We are going to have hyper inflation as Result and see a complete collapse of the US if Americans don't check our government spending (IE creation of new money)

  • @EasyLawBot1
    @EasyLawBot1 Рік тому

    Thanks @Pacific Research Institute - PRI for posting this video about affirmative action / supreme court. Here are the viewpoints expressed by Supreme Court justices regarding affirmative action. 1) This case is about a group called Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) who sued Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC). They said that these schools were not fair in their admissions process because they were using race as a factor, which they believed was against the law. The law they referred to is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment*. 2) The Equal Protection Clause is a part of the Fourteenth Amendment that says that every person should be treated equally by the law, no matter their race, color, or nationality. The SFFA believed that by considering race in admissions, Harvard and UNC were not treating all applicants equally. 3) The Court looked at the history of the Fourteenth Amendment and how it has been used in the past. They also looked at how other cases involving race and college admissions were handled. They found that while diversity in a student body can be a good thing, it must be handled in a way that treats all applicants fairly and equally. 4) The Court also looked at the idea of "strict scrutiny*". This is a way for the courts to look at laws to see if they are fair and necessary. If a law or policy is found to be unfair or unnecessary, it may not pass strict scrutiny and could be considered unconstitutional. 5) The Court found that the admissions systems at Harvard and UNC did not pass strict scrutiny. They said that the schools' use of race in admissions was not clear or specific enough, and it resulted in fewer admissions for certain racial groups. They also said that the schools' use of race in admissions seemed to stereotype certain racial groups, which is not allowed. 6) The Court also said that the schools' admissions systems did not have a clear end point. This means that there was no clear plan for when the schools would stop using race as a factor in admissions. This was another reason why the Court said the schools' admissions systems were not fair. 7) The Court decided that the admissions systems at Harvard and UNC were not fair and did not follow the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. They said that the schools' use of race in admissions was not clear, specific, or fair enough to be allowed. 8) However, the Court also said that schools can consider how race has affected an applicant's life. They can look at how an applicant's experiences with their race have shaped them and what they can bring to the school because of those experiences. 9) In the end, the Court decided that the admissions systems at Harvard and UNC were not fair and did not follow the law. They said that the schools' use of race in admissions was not allowed because it was not clear, specific, or fair enough. 10) So, the Court decided that the SFFA was right. They said that Harvard and UNC were not treating all applicants equally in their admissions process, which is against the law. They said that the schools needed to change their admissions systems to be fair to all applicants, no matter their race. *The Equal Protection Clause is a part of the Fourteenth Amendment that says that every person should be treated equally by the law, no matter their race, color, or nationality. *Strict scrutiny is a way for the courts to look at laws to see if they are fair and necessary. If a law or policy is found to be unfair or unnecessary, it may not pass strict scrutiny and could be considered unconstitutional.

  • @feargodalonefeargodalone8533

    Walnut Creek CA. Is a sin-sick city. It’s a proud supporter of white supremacy ideologies and behaviors. From the lying racist Contra Costa County fire department to the lying racist Walnut Creek police department these are two aggressive tax dollar funded hate groups. Racism and lying are sins. Romans 6:23 tells us - the wages of sin is death. Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life.

  • @richardwebster1300
    @richardwebster1300 Рік тому

    I fought the communists in Vietnam. Served with the Regional Forces/Popular Forces of the South Vietnamese army. The communists ruled by terror/torture/assassination of the village officials, government workers, and anyone who sided with the South Vietnamese government. The communists poisoned the peasants minds with foolish ideas of utopia if they gained power. The result after their gaining power-no freedoms of any kind and everything controlled/owned by communist party officials. The anti war left of the 60's in America sided with them and rooted for their win-they have never faced this betrayal of their own country and the great sacrifice of young american soldiers who died supporting freedom in South Vietnam. The Co Van

  • @bradleysmall2230
    @bradleysmall2230 Рік тому

    trump 2024

  • @lololomo5484
    @lololomo5484 Рік тому

    Gordon sees Xi as Mao 2.0 He's right, you know.

  • @gregoryallen0001
    @gregoryallen0001 Рік тому

    zero likes on this guy lol [edit] i came in mad cause this guy wrote an op-ed in the ny post against supervised drug use sites that prevent overdoses. but on housing.. this guy is smart haha

  • @gailcarey3597
    @gailcarey3597 Рік тому

    Does this Union include the current US Administration? Biden’s family being associated with Ukrainian energy is no coincidence. Did Xi and Putin get a thumbs up before they green lighted the Ukrainian invasion?

  • @yuvilio
    @yuvilio Рік тому

    Paused in pleasantly surprised astonishment that PRI would actually interview Heather on these topics and then realised it wasn't Public Radio International

  • @topguy4uok
    @topguy4uok 2 роки тому

    did you vote for trumjp heather? if so that tells me all I need to know about you

    • @thementzable
      @thementzable Рік тому

      What a stupid comment. And so horribly immoral! It's attitudes like yours that are harming thousands of black lives. Don't you care about black lives??? Are you racist? Do you want to see more dead black lives on our streets. Wake up brother! Truth needs to be told. It's the lies that are costing people their lives and bringing down our civilization. Regardless of who Heather MacDonald voted for, she's got balls the size of cow bells, and if it weren't for people like her nobody would be caring about black lives. Oh, except BLM ofcourse😂😂😂

    • @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs
      @MichaelMcCausland-pg6qs 7 місяців тому

      This have to do with the homeless problem in California

  • @Wanamaker1946
    @Wanamaker1946 2 роки тому

    Heather MacDonald is awesome, a true Patriot and Leader. Look up Author: Heather MacDonald. The UA-cam algorithms have obviously slighted her video’s……and my comments too by the way. 5 comments here listed because Pre Next Round isn’t doxed, but I did use Author first…to look her up The Comedian comes up instead.

  • @meltingzero3853
    @meltingzero3853 2 роки тому

    It's so cool to see my boy Shelly B speak so freely and with fun. What you say? There aren't any good politicians anymore today? Say no more fam

  • @jamesdellaneve9005
    @jamesdellaneve9005 2 роки тому

    Young black men resist arrest more than others. These encounters are the root of black men getting shot by the police. There needs to be stricter sentences for resisting. Especially, now that videos are nearly always provided as evidence.

  • @Florida_Woman
    @Florida_Woman 2 роки тому

    I really love Heather and appreciate the fight she brings. I just wonder where this will all be 5 years from now. How long do you stay? To what end? I do not see the will of the people to change the reality of these blue states.

    • @KhordKitty
      @KhordKitty Рік тому

      It won't end. People with common sense need to move out of the democrat made hell holes.

  • @bobfucker3963
    @bobfucker3963 2 роки тому

    The left is ruining America. Close the border and enforce the fucking law. Remove all libtards from power, their policies are abject failures

  • @lemondropcake
    @lemondropcake 2 роки тому

    Hello, It’s 4:54 PST and when I try to play this upload the screen says “no stream.” Possibly an error? Just letting you know. We’ll check back later to see if we can stream this podcast then.

  • @wesscotchdog9078
    @wesscotchdog9078 2 роки тому

    Courageous lady. To speak truth now is akin to blasphemy during the inquisition. Empire of Truth dawt cahm

  • @lizziej72
    @lizziej72 2 роки тому

    Shame on those who built this school on a radioactive toxic waste site. These poor children are going to get cancer. Their blood is on your hands.

  • @juankeith7597
    @juankeith7597 2 роки тому

    ᑭᖇOᗰOᔕᗰ 🙂

  • @josielijlaforge269
    @josielijlaforge269 2 роки тому

    So you shall have her contact me!! I want to know who gave her permission to use my nephews name in her book with false information. Im going to talk to a lawyer about how I can get a lawsuit going on this woman. That lil boy She is using in her book lil tony is my biological nephew!! She needs to contact me.

  • @sethrich2790
    @sethrich2790 2 роки тому

    ❤️🇺🇸👏🏼

  • @nxgrs74
    @nxgrs74 2 роки тому

    The Earth is cooler with the atmos/GHGs/albedo not warmer. To perform as advertised the GHGs require “extra” energy upwelling from the surface radiating as a black body. ua-cam.com/video/0Jijw7-YG-U/v-deo.html The kinetic heat transfer processes of the contiguous atmos molecules render that scenario impossible. No greenhouse effect, no GHG warming, no man/CO2 driven climate change or Gorebal warming.

  • @phalanxcuthalion9664
    @phalanxcuthalion9664 2 роки тому

    Looking back on this from May 2022. The left attempting to use the post 9/11 security apparatus to oppress the right. Spicy times ahead.

  • @JeffTheGent
    @JeffTheGent 2 роки тому

    Justice Rogers Brown analyzes woke ideology impeccably in this speech!

  • @dragonhold4
    @dragonhold4 2 роки тому

    It is refreshing to hear from a former potential nominee that renounces the 'living Constitution'(17:21) and rioting(25:40), recognizes the Christian inspiration of the Founding(19:14), and understands the frailty of human nature(23:15) > (8:39) _Moonwalking-where the dancer creates the illusion of moving forward while actually gliding backward-this is the perfect visual depiction of the progress that is directing not only the direction of American democracy but the trajectory of Western civilization generally_ -Janice Rogers Brown > (10:50) Orestes Brownson on American Exceptionalism: Authority with Liberty; Sovereignty of the People without Social Despotism; Individual Freedom without Anarchy; the Natural Rights of Man and those of Society > (20:48) _If there's no natural law, there are no natural rights. If there are no natural rights, the Bill of Rights is a delusion and everything which a man possesses-his life, liberty, and property-are held by sufferance of government. In that case, it is inevitable that government will someday find it expedient to take away what is held by such a title as that. If there are no eternal truths, if everything changes, everything, then we may not complain when the standard of citizenship changes from freedom to servility and when democracy relaxes into tyranny_ -Harold R. McKinnon (1944) > (29:10) _When Adam Smith made freedom central to his vision of the modern economy, he was clear that freedom and morality are two sides of a coin_ (-Roger Scruton) ... a free society is a community of responsible beings. It is not a society of people released from all moral constraint for that is precisely the opposite of a society. > (29:36) _We are subject to the Tocquevillian conundrum: liberal democracy needs the wisdom, self-restraint, and elevation provided by religion, but over time democracy tends to democratize all the contents of life, including religion itself (-Daniel J. Mahoney) ... has been the great project of progressive politics as well as modern theology to defend human freedom by 29:53 limiting the power of Heaven. Is there a source for this (17:27) quote? (watching this post-KetanjiJackson confirmation) P.S. - Janice Rogers Brown seems every bit as cheerful and more than Ketanji Jackson (relevant because the characteristic is constantly mentioned recently) ... and besides the superficial, there was so much wisdom in this speech I can confidently say that the country would have been better off if the Democrats hadn't threatened to filibuster her if nominated to the supreme court

    • @freddiee-johnson2615
      @freddiee-johnson2615 2 роки тому

      The democrats never threatened that? They threatened to filibuster her nomination as a circuit judge, which ended up happening 2 years later anyways. She was on Bush's shortlist when Sandra Day O'Connor retired, but he decided to nominate Samuel Alito instead.

  • @jameshair5557
    @jameshair5557 2 роки тому

    Exceptional presentation. Thank you Mr Shellenberger and PRI.

  • @daverupprecht9500
    @daverupprecht9500 2 роки тому

    Great interview.

  • @albanazeqaj8319
    @albanazeqaj8319 2 роки тому

    Congratulations Steve! 👏👏👏