Begging for Permission Is Not Freedom

A free people doesn't wait on government to do the right thing. But most people seem to think that liberty is about convincing the government to stop doing the things it wasn’t supposed to be doing in the first place.

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Nullification Win: 2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act

A handful of states have put a stop - at least for now - to the next phase of gun control: Tracking, monitoring and keeping lists based off of Merchant Category Codes (MCC), which were first mandated by the IRS in 2004.

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Liberty Trumps Government Power

Supporting liberty is supposed to be more important than supporting government power. In other words, if there is any doubt about government power, you’re supposed to decide in favor of less power and more liberty.

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It’s not Inflation. It’s Depreciation.

The founders and old revolutionaries used the word "depreciation" to describe what we call "inflation" today. Their way is much better - because when people understand that money is worth less (or worthless), it's much easier for them to understand the cause of the problem in the first place.

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Usurpations are Void. And Deserve to be Treated as Such.

The Constitution affirms important principles of the Revolution - that all power flows from the people, and any act beyond what they’ve delegated to the government is void. It’s just up to the people to treat those acts that way too.

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Treasury Secretary Battle: Gallatin vs Yellen (and everyone else?)

They sure don’t make Secretaries of the Treasury like they used to. That becomes obvious the moment you compare the views of Albert Gallatin - who served under both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison - vs Janet Yellen - or anyone else in modern times, for that matter.

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Nullify Everything! NMN Ep 10

Getting some W’s, but as Samuel Adams told us, now is not the time to “sit down satisfied with the efforts we have already made.” Since that’s just what our enemies want.
-Geofence Warrants Limited in Utah
-2nd Amendment Financial Privacy Act in FL, ID, MS
-Defend the Guard Act in Arizona

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CBDC: Can States Stop a Central Bank Digital Currency?

The only thing that can actually keep them in check and stop this dystopian nightmare is opposition and resistance. Can states help get the job done? Too early to tell, but the time to push back is right now. Florida, New Hampshire, Missouri, and Texas with ideas and first steps.

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