First in Freedom Podcast: Recent Episodes

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In this week's episode, I want to share an important chapter from the book “Live Not By Lies” and the most critical thing we all need to do to fight the growing tyranny around us. Also, an update on Medicaid expansion, your weekly dose of CRT in NC public schools, and how NC is spending federal COVID funds.

References:

• Most GOP voters oppose Medicaid expansion
• How are North Carolina Schools Spending Covid Money?
• A Raleigh high school wants an ‘anti-racism’ grant from a group that supports CRT
• MEGA Event 2022, Saturday, April 30th
• Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents

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In this episode, I interview Brian Balfour of the John Locke Foundation to discuss medicaid expansion, a true wolf in sheep's clothing. Also, the NC Supreme Court is at it again in hopes of stealing another election.

References:

• Senator raises concerns about N.C. Supreme Court sidestepping standard process
• Medicaid expansion supporters should listen carefully to Berger’s analysis
• Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice
• Brian Balfour, John Locke Foundation
• Find your state legislators

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In this week’s episode, I interview Thomas Townsend, former school teacher, entrepreneur, and now candidate for Stanly County Commissioner. I’ll also share with you the latest example of CRT in our local schools.

References:

• Stanly County Schools Cognia Accreditation
• To Eradicate Critical Theories in K-12 Parents Need to Know about the Invisible Layer of Control
• Cognia 2022 Performance Standards
• Thomas Townsend for Commissioner

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On Friday, 3/25, the Stanly County Freedom Network hosted a GOP candidates forum for Clerk of Court, County Commissioner, and School Board. All GOP candidates were invited and eight accepted the invitation. Below is a list of all candidates for each office and those who attended. Sorry for any sound issues. I edited the best I could.

List Key: Incumbent (i), Attended (a)

Clerk of Court

• Pam Blake
• Michael Greene (a)
• Ginger Efird

County Commissioner

• At-Large - Lane Furr (i)
• At-Large - Patty Crump (a)
• At-Large - Leon Warren
• District 1 - Mike Barbee (i)
• District 1 - Levi Greene (a)
• District 1 - Mike Haigler
• District 2 - Bill Lawhon (i)
• District 2 - Thomas Townsend (a)
• District 2 - Jon Ledbetter
• District 3 - Tommy Jordan (i)
• District 3 - Brandon King (a)

School Board

• At-Large - Anthony Graves (i)(a)
• At-Large - Melvin Poole (a)
• At-Large - John Wright (a)
• District 1 - Dustin Lisk (i)
• District 1 - Meghan Almond (a)

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In this week’s episode, I interview Patty Crump, candidate for Stanly County Commissioner. Also, a new voter registration milestone and a new progressive get-out-the-vote organization you need to know.

References: 

• Unaffiliated voters surpass Democrats in N.C.
• New North Carolina Project
• Public Health Week proclamation (included in meeting packet)
• Patty Crump for Commissioner

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In this week’s episode, I do a deep dive on the race for our next US Senator, and I interview one of the candidates you’ve probably never heard of.

References:

• Liberty Scores
• Ken Harper's campaign website
• U.S. Senate GOP candidates
• Senate Primary debate at CLC

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In this episode, I interview business man and candidate for Stanly County Commissioner, Levi Greene. Also, I show what it looks like when our elected officials really want to fight for something.

References:

• Levi Greene for Commissioner

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In this episode, I interview Stanly County Board of Education candidate, Meghan Almond, share takeaways from the Carolina Liberty Conference, and highlight some great grassroots work in Union County to uncover COVID lies. 

References:

• Union County grassroots work
• Lawmakers take N.C. congressional map dispute to U.S. Supreme Court
• Cooper vetoes bill that would end mandatory masks in schools
• Meghan Almond for School Board

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In this episode, I share the latest disappointment with Republicans and the warning signs of totalitarianism. 

References:

• Three-judge panel upholds new N.C. legislative maps, redraws congressional map
• Breaking Down the School Mask Mandate Legislation
• GOP absences prevent Senate from defunding Biden’s vaccine mandate

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In this week's episode, lawmakers take action against wokeness, the State Supreme Court is set to rule again, patriotic parents are associated with QAnon, and I interview Angela Matthews, candidate for Iredell County Commissioner who's recent presentation to her school board went viral.

References:

• "Live Not By Lies" book
• Lawmakers move to ban diversity litmus tests in K-12 schools, universities
• State Supreme Court debates future of voter ID, tax cap amendments
• Legislation allowing parents to opt-out of mask requirements to be proposed in state House
• A new strategy is being used to try to end school mask mandates. It has QAnon ties.
• Angela Matthews' facebook page
• A resource Ms. Matthews provided to look-up the Step 2 program

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In this episode, we take a close look at the indoctrination of Critical Social Justice in the NC university system and the ripple effect it will have on future generations.

References:

• Report documents permeation, high cost of Critical Social Justice in UNC System
• Critical Social Justice in the UNC System (full report)
• UNC-Charlotte Gen-X Living-Learning Community
• UNC-Chapel Hill course search
• UNC schools indoctrinate future teachers
• UNC-W Board of Trustees member resigns, citing treatment of conservatives
• State Constitution

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In this episode, you'll hear a speech given by a local NC doctor on his journey through the pandemic. Among other things, he shares three lessons learned, challenges us to give grace, and exhorts us to fight the real enemy of fear.

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Don't tune out. This district map case decision is huge! In this episode, we do a deep-dive and review of Friday's State Supreme Court decision that ruled the GOP district maps unconstitutional. 

References:

• Oral Arguments
• Court Opinion
• Senate President, Phil Berger - Phil.Berger@ncleg.gov
• House Speaker, Tim Moore - Tim.Moore@ncleg.gov
• Senate Map Lead, Ralph Hise - Ralph.Hise@ncleg.gov

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In this week's episode, another Cooper veto, a revamp of public education, dueling school boards, and we're saying goodbye to fear!

References:

• Biden administration withdraws its vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses
• Cooper vetoes bill to delay N.C. primary election
• Lawmakers meet to redesign public education with parent help
• NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending January31
• County records a decrease in new weekly COVID cases for first time this month

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Since this event was only available by video and difficult to load, I made it available via podcast for greater access.

Background

On January 24, 2022, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) held a panel  discussion, COVID 19: A Second Opinion. A group of world renowned  doctors and medical experts provided a different perspective on the  global pandemic response, the current state of knowledge of early and  hospital treatment, vaccine efficacy and safety, what went right, what  went wrong, what should be done now, and what needs to be addressed long  term.

Reference Outline

• Nurse testimony on vax injury and mandate - continued from Part 4 ends 3:50
• Question: Why is it so important to discuss vax injury (by vax injured)? - 5:00-9:00
• Question: What's causing vax injuries? - 9:00-11:00
• Military vax injuries from Dept of Defense data (Thomas Renz) - 11:00-16:00
• Rise in cancer due to vax - 16:00-20:30
• Vax causes myocarditis - 24:00-30:00
• Rmna vax background by Dr. Malone - 34:00-42:20
• Nurse testimony about poor care in hospitals - 43:20-51:30

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Since this event was only available by video and difficult to load, I made it available via podcast for greater access.

Background

On January 24, 2022, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) held a panel  discussion, COVID 19: A Second Opinion. A group of world renowned  doctors and medical experts provided a different perspective on the  global pandemic response, the current state of knowledge of early and  hospital treatment, vaccine efficacy and safety, what went right, what  went wrong, what should be done now, and what needs to be addressed long  term.

Reference Outline

• Health agencies dictating how Dr.'s practice medicine continued from Part 3 - ends at 4:00
• Vaccine injuries - 4:00-13:30
• Question: Where should pandemic efforts be focused (age, vax efficacy)? - 13:30-32:25
• Hospital care and loss of patient freedom when get admitted - 32:30-46:50
• Early treatment known since March 2020 - 46:50-48:50
• Question: Is this hospital scenario new and cause? - 48:50-57:00
• Nurse testimony on vax injury and mandates - 59:45 - continued in Part 5

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Since this event was only available by video and difficult to load, I made it available via podcast for greater access.

Background

On January 24, 2022, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) held a panel  discussion, COVID 19: A Second Opinion. A group of world renowned  doctors and medical experts provided a different perspective on the  global pandemic response, the current state of knowledge of early and  hospital treatment, vaccine efficacy and safety, what went right, what  went wrong, what should be done now, and what needs to be addressed long  term.

Reference Outline

• Question: Why health officials don't recognize natural immunity? continued from Part 2 - ends at 3:00
• Question: Is Omicron a coronovirus too? - 3:45-8:00
• Universal vaccination could lead to more dangerous variant - 8:00-11:38
• Explanation of PCR tests and false positives - 13:00-14:10
• Question: Do masks work? - 20:00-28:36
• Question: What should people do when they get COVID (early treatment)? - 28:40-48:45
• FDA review of molnupiravir and paxlovid - 49:00-54:00
• Discussion of health panel safety reviews (FDA, CDC) - 54:00-59:00
• Discussion of health agencies dictating how Dr.'s practice medicine - 59:00 - continued in Part 4

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Since this event was only available by video and difficult to load, I made it available via podcast for greater access.

Background

On January 24, 2022, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) held a panel discussion, COVID 19: A Second Opinion. A group of world renowned doctors and medical experts provided a different perspective on the global pandemic response, the current state of knowledge of early and hospital treatment, vaccine efficacy and safety, what went right, what went wrong, what should be done now, and what needs to be addressed long term.

Reference Outline

• Dr. Harpel Mangat continued - 0:00 - 0:30
• Dr. Paul Marik intro and danger of Remdesivir - 0:30-9:20
• Dr. Aaron Kheriaty intro and healthcare failure, all cause mortality, informed consent, vax data - 9:23-16:15
• Dr. Robert Malone intro and vax danger - 16:15-23:29
• Dr. David Wiseman intro and failure of health agencies and vax issues - 23:30-29:04
• Dr. Christina Parks on blacks and vax - 29:15-32:00
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya intro and the Great Barrington Declaration - 35:25-41:10
• Start Q&A portion of hearing
• Question: What are so many people asymptomatic? - 44:00
• Asymptomatic spread does not exist - 46:15-47:11
• Dr. Paul Alexander on no asymptomatic transmission, natural immunity, and children should not get vax - 47:50-54:40
• Question: Why health officials do not recognize natural immunity? - 54:53 - continued in Part 3

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Since this event was only available by video and difficult to load, I made it available via podcast for greater access.

Background

On January 24, 2022, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) held a panel discussion, COVID 19: A Second Opinion.A group of world renowned doctors and medical experts provided a different perspective on the global pandemic response, the current state of knowledge of early and hospital treatment, vaccine efficacy and safety, what went right, what went wrong, what should be done now, and what needs to be addressed long term.

Reference Outline

• Dr. Peter McCullough intro and opening statement - 10:00-16:00
• Dr. Ryan Cole intro and opening statement - 16:00-20:00
• Dr. Harvey Risch intro and proof of Hydroxy efficacy - 20:00-26:30
• Dr. Pierre Kory intro and proof of Ivermectin efficacy - 27:35-37:15
• Dr. Richard Urso and ability to treat w/o HCQ and IVER - 37:20-44:15
• Question: Why aren't Dr.'s treating COVID? - 44:15-45:50
• Question: How many Dr.'s present received censorship? - 47:00-47:36
• Dr. Christina Parks on spike protein toxicity and impact on blacks - 47:36-52:45
• Dr. Mary Boden, regular physician's perspective - 52:45-57:35
• Dr. Harpel Mangat - 57:45-continued in Part 2

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In this episode, it's National School Choice Week! I discuss Gov. Cooper's unusual proclamation, where voters and teachers stand, a decade of progress, and my first interview with Dr. Terry Stoops of the John Locke Foundation.

References:

• schoolchoiceweek.com
• HSLDA Online Academy
• Liberty University Online Academy
• Myheritageclassical.com
• In curious reversal, Cooper proclaims Jan. 23-29 N.C. National School Choice Week
• Poll: NC Voters want choice and like Opportunity Scholarship Program
• Poll: Most Teachers Support School Choice
• Dr. Terry Stoops bio
• NC Opportunity Scholarship

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In this episode, an MLK tribute, a state constitutional crisis in the making, the latest COVID madness, NC business is booming, and a way to measure freedom progress.

References:

• "Walk for Freedom" by MLK
• U.S. Supreme Court opinions
• More NC schools require masks again as COVID-19 cases rise among students, teachers
• US Rep Bishop fires off letter over national monoclonal antibody supply
• Monoclonal Antibodies: Are There Shortages and Why
• Democrats plan to block primary move
• North Carolina sets record for new business creation

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In this bonus episode, I review the book by Dr. Scott Atlas, "A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America." I provide an overview of how Dr. Atlas got to DC, what he learned while he was there, and why his story matters.

Buy your own copy here.

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In this episode, COVID lies hit home, school limits on going remote, NC judges rule on the district maps, and OSHA goes to the Supreme Court and why we must hold the line here at all costs.

References

• Project Veritas USMC report on COVID lies
• It’s harder now for NC school districts to switch to remote instruction. Here’s why
• Unanimous three-judge panel upholds N.C. election maps, appeal likely
• Hold the line here at all cost
• Josh.dobson@labor.nc.gov
• Email me for a copy of the Stanly County vaccine resolution

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In this inaugural episode, I discuss murder-by-mail, Democrats take Republicans to court...again, school board COVID psychosis, and Governor Cooper renews his dictatorship.

Articles referenced:

• FDA Allows Mail-Order Abortions Across the U.S.
• Trial begins on N.C. election maps
• Sheriffs, DAs, court clerks want N.C. Supreme Court to reopen candidate filing
• Horowitz: Omicron: Mother Nature’s universal booster
• With ‘Test-to-Stay,’ Children and Staff Can Safely Remain in School After COVID Exposures
• What's keeping the unvaccinated from getting a COVID shot? Here's what a survey found
• Governor Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kinsley Stress Importance of Vaccines and Boosters to Combat Omicron Variant
• 16 times NC Gov. Cooper used the veto stamp to block Republican bills in 2021
• How long will we allow a dictator to rule?

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