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Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protest Erupts as American Flag Is Burned
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Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protest Erupts as American Flag Is Burned
Free Republic Browse · Search Bloggers & Personal Topics · Post Article Skip to comments. Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protest Erupts as American Flag Is Burned Founding Principles ^ | January 8, 2026 | Staff Posted on by xxqqzz Minneapolis Anti-ICE Protest Erupts as American Flag Is Burned #Minneapolis #ICE #Protest #BreakingNews A tense scene ... (Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
Did We Betray the Founders? 5 Ignored Warnings Prove It | Path to Liberty Podcast
The Founders knew the path to tyranny – and how to avoid it. So how did the former “land of the free” become home to the largest government in history? In this episode, learn about five key warnings from the Founders that explain how we got here. Understanding them is the first step toward turning things around for good.
A Weapon to Destroy Freedom: Founders’ Forgotten Warnings | Path to Liberty Podcast
The “customary weapon” to destroy freedom. That’s how George Washington described the danger of turning a blind eye to violations of the Constitution – and he wasn’t alone. The Founders warned us that every overstep, every excuse, and every precedent sets us on the dangerous path to tyranny. In this episode, we’ll dive into their long-forgotten warnings about power, precedent, and the slippery slope to tyranny.
Most Important Inaugural Address: Forgotten Principles of Jefferson | Path to Liberty Podcast
The 10th Amendment, peace, cutting spending and debt, and eliminating taxes – these are just a few of the key principles Thomas Jefferson outlined in his first inaugural address. Easily one of the most important presidential speeches in American history, Jefferson’s inaugural laid out a bold and clear vision: a blueprint for liberty, unity, and strictly limited government under the Constitution.
The #1 Thing That Destroys Liberty | Path to Liberty Podcast
Government has always been a massive threat to liberty – we can all agree on that.
2 Ignored Warnings from George Washington’s Farewell Address | Path to Liberty Podcast
George Washington warned us – and we ignored him. In his Farewell Address, he gave crucial advice that’s been totally rejected for years, and today we’re paying the price. In this episode, learn about two of his most important warnings – that we can’t afford to ignore any longer. Episode – No Permanent Alliances: Foreign Policy of Washington and Jefferson
Illusion of Freedom Under the Largest Government in History | Path to Liberty Podcast
Illusion of Freedom Under the Largest Government in History With the largest government in history controlling almost every aspect of our lives, it’s time to ask: are we truly free, or just told we are? In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain to reveal the uncomfortable truth.
Founders’ Foresight: The Perils of Perpetual Debt
“A public debt is a public curse.” That’s how James Madison put it, and he was right. Today, America is absolutely drowning in debt – and teetering on the brink. We’ve just hit a new, previously unthinkable milestone: a national debt of $36 trillion – and growing fast. We have plenty of warnings from the founders and old revolutionaries (although not all of them!) about the dangers of perpetual debt. As long as the people keep ignoring them, that “public curse” is just going to keep getting worse.
Founding Fathers Warn of a National Debt Doomsday! | Path to Liberty Podcast
America is drowning in debt – and teetering on the brink. We’ve just hit a new, unthinkable milestone: a national debt of $35 trillion. This isn’t just a number; it’s a ticking time bomb. The Founding Fathers warned us about this “public curse,” a financial abyss that would swallow our freedoms if left unchecked. In this episode we’ll revisit their chilling warnings and explore how we’re ignoring their wisdom at our own peril.
A Single Step: The Weapon They Use to Destroy Liberty
A single step beyond the limits of the constitution – is a step too far. Thomas Jefferson – in his 1791 opinion on the constitutionality of the national bank – put it like this: “To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition.” Jefferson understood the danger of precedent.
Cause and Solution: The Founders on Political Violence | Path to Liberty Podcast
Cause and Solution: The Founders on Political Violence “A frightful despotism” – that’s what George Washington predicted we’d get with a combo of factions and usurpation of power. But he was far from alone in warning against what leads to political violence. Ignoring their warnings – and solution – only guarantees the worst has yet to begin.
Northwest Ordinance: Landmark 1787 Law Set the Foundation
On July 13, 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, one of the most important and influential acts of the early republic. It established a bill of rights years before one was added to the Constitution, and prohibited slavery in the territory decades before the 13th Amendment was added to the Constitution.
The Forgotten Declaration that Explained the War for Independence
We are “resolved to die freemen rather than live slaves.” These powerful words, penned by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson, hold a prominent place in the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, approved unanimously by the Second Continental Congress on July 6, 1775. Often completely ignored by government-run schools today, and overshadowed by the Declaration of Independence, this document stands as a crucial but forgotten explanation of the War for Independence.
James Madison on the Ignored “Fundamental Principle of the Revolution”
Forget schoolhouse history. James Madison exposed a much deeper truth about the American Revolution. It wasn’t just “taxation without representation.” He argued that the real fight was over fundamental principles: the colonists’ right to local, self-government versus unlimited British power.
Unlimited Supremacy, Gun Control and the American Revolution
When most people talk about the Revolution – they tend to point to “taxation without representation” as the main reason. Or, they go through a few of the listed grievances in the Declaration of Independence – but almost everyone seems to miss the underlying, root cause: Unlimited, arbitrary power “in all cases whatsoever.” And they’re also unaware of why the fighting broke out in April, 1775: A British gun control program.
Power From the People: The Revolutionary Roots of the 10th Amendment
Thomas Jefferson called the 10th Amendment the “foundation of the Constitution,” and for good reason too. It enshrines many of the radical principles that sparked the “real American Revolution” in the years before the War for Independence.
2nd Amendment: The Untold Truth Schools Don’t Teach
“Governments are afraid to trust the people with arms” James Madison was a student of history. And this quote, from Federalist 46 – is no exception. He recognized, like so many others in the founding generation, that the individual, natural right to self-defense – is the greatest threat to tyranny. But, to the founders, there were actually FOUR main reasons – or purposes – for the 2nd Amendment.
Unlock the Pursuit of Happiness: The Founders’ Ignored Message | Path to Liberty Podcast
Unlock the Pursuit of Happiness: The Founders’ Ignored Message Forget everything the government-run schools taught you about the “pursuit of happiness.” The Founders had a far more radical understanding – something most history lessons miss or completely ignore. In this episode, we’ll unlock this message in the Declaration of Independence, the way the founders intended.
2nd Amendment: 8 Key Principles From the Founders Ignored Today | Path to Liberty Podcast
2nd Amendment: 8 Key Principles From the Founders Ignored Today They don’t teach this in government-run schools. In this episode, we explore 8 foundational principles from the founders about the right to keep and bear arms that are almost totally ignored today.
No Deal for Gun Control: How the American Revolutionaries Defied the Empire
June 12, 1775 – less than 2 months after Lexington and Concord and the “shot heard ‘round the world,” General Gage made an offer he felt the American Revolutionaries just couldn’t refuse. Give up your guns and give up your friends – and the fighting can end. Their response to this should really be something we utilize much more often today.
Chasing Votes vs Building Freedom: The Founders’ Radical Plan for Liberty | Path to Liberty Podcast
Chasing Votes vs Building Freedom: The Founders’ Radical Plan for Liberty A lot of people in today’s liberty movement are totally wasting their time. They’re like a hamster on a wheel: running in place, getting nowhere. The problem is – they focus too much time, money and energy on elections as their primary – or only strategy for liberty. The Founders wouldn’t recognize this while living under the largest government in history. 1 – HOW DO WE DEFINE A FREE PEOPLE?
Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves: Bedrock Principles of American Liberty
On his 29th birthday – May 29, 1765 – Patrick Henry helped spark the American Revolution. His Virginia Resolves against the Stamp Act not only dared to defy British rule, but also established a number of bedrock principles that would become cornerstones of American liberty.
4 Biggest Threats to Liberty: Founding Fathers Warned Us | Path to Liberty Podcast
Explore the 4 biggest threats to liberty as identified by the Founding Fathers, with quotes & analysis included. Learn how history can guide us in protecting our freedoms today.
What is Liberty? 3 Views From Divine Right to Individual Rights | Path to Liberty Podcast
What is Liberty? 3 Views From Divine Right to Individual Rights What does “liberty” truly mean? We explore 3 schools of thought, from Filmer’s “divine right” to Locke & the Founding Fathers’ individual rights. Plus, modern thinkers like Rothbard and more! Discover the historical roots of your freedom.
Master the Constitution: DIY Guide to Original Meaning | Path to Liberty Podcast
Do you ever wonder what the Constitution really means? This video will show you how to learn the Constitution the way the Founding Fathers told us to. We’ll explore a process called “originalism” to determine the original meaning of the Constitution’s clauses and phrases.
Beyond the Text: Understanding the Constitution’s Original Meaning
How do we learn the original meaning of the Constitution? A lot of people will say, “Just read it.” That’s an essential first step, but it’s not quite as simple as that. The Constitution is a legal document rooted in 18th-century law. It is filled with legal terminology and based on complex legal principles. STEP 1: READ THE CONSTITUTION That’s not to say that reading the Constitution is something only a few experts can do.
War and Foreign Policy: Top-5 Influences on the Founders | Path to Liberty Podcast
War and Foreign Policy: Top-5 Influences on the Founders They’re mostly ignored or forgotten today. But, to the founders, these five formed an international law and foreign policy pantheon.
John Locke vs Lysander Spooner: Consent of the Governed | Path to Liberty Podcast
Tracing its roots back to John Locke, the Mayflower Compact – and even earlier – the “consent of the governed” was one of the most important principles in the Declaration of Independence, and was the foundation for the formation of the Constitution as well. But, as Lysander Spooner argued – the notion that “all the people” consent exists only in theory.
The Law: An Intro from the Founders to Frederic Bastiat | Path to Liberty Podcast
The Law: An Intro from the Founders to Frederic Bastiat In his 1850 essay The Law, Bastiat railed against socialism, and argued that legitimate law isn’t just the will of politicians, but instead is based on protecting the natural rights of individuals. You can see inspiration in these views from Locke, Jefferson, Paine and more.
The Founders’ Case for a Strong Militia Over Standing Armies
One of the primary reasons the founders wanted a strong militia system with a well-armed general public was to minimize or even eliminate the need for a large, permanent standing army, even in times of peace. Most people in the founding generation were extremely wary of standing armies. They were often referred to as “the bane of liberty.” They knew this from experience.
Tax Resistance and the Birth of American Independence | Path to Liberty Podcast
Tax Resistance and the Birth of American Independence 86 years and a day before the “shot heard ’round the world” – the people of Boston and surrounding towns rose up and overthrew the royal governor in a dispute that started over tax resistance to arbitrary power. Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852) John G.
A Fatal Error: A Single Step is a Step Too Far | Path to Liberty Podcast
A Fatal Error: A Single Step is a Step Too Far Supporting one version of an unconstitutional government program over another – because it seems to be the “least offensive” option – is not only what leading founders called a “fatal error,” but it also sets a precedent for more of the same, and worse.
The Real Enforcement Mechanism for the Constitution
Almost everything people learn about how the Constitution is supposed to be enforced is wrong. As a result, we live under the largest government in history, and it’s only going to keep getting worse without a huge change of course. CONSTITUTIONS DON’T ENFORCE THEMSELVES First, in what should be an obvious point, words on paper – even if they are the best bunch of words known to humankind – don’t enforce themselves. They never did, and they never will. The founding generation understood this.
Top-5 Reasons for the Monster State | Path to Liberty Podcast
Understanding how things got so bad is the first step on the road to recovery, the path to liberty.
Constitution 101: Enforcement Mechanism | Path to Liberty Podcast
Yes, there actually is an enforcement mechanism to keep the federal government within the bounds of the constitution. But it has nothing to do with trying to convince the feds to limit their own power. Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)
The Revolution vs Unlimited, Centralized Power | Path to Liberty Podcast
Taxation without representation, standing armies, suspending legislatures, and so much more – these were all symptoms of a much greater, underlying issue – the British claim of power over the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” Maharrey – The American Revolution Was a Rejection of Unlimited, Centralized Power Sir Francis Bernard – Principles in Law and Polity Applied to the Government of the British Colonies in America (1764) Benjamin Franklin – Examination before the Committee of the Whole...
Stop Doing This: Party-First Approach | Path to Liberty Podcast
There is “nothing more dangerous to the cause of truth and liberty than a party-spirit.” Yet, today, most people approach most issues through a party-first mentality. That has to stop for liberty to grow. Trenchard and Gordon: Forgotten Influence on the Founders
Milk and the Police State
Last week, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, state troopers and investigators executed a search warrant on the farm of Amos Miller. Miller has been producing fresh unadulterated dairy products and grass-fed beef for 40 years. He does not sell to the public. Rather, he sells only to folks who join his club because they want pure raw dairy products, not pasteurized and not chemically treated, as the state commands.
You’ve Been Lied To | Path to Liberty Podcast
We’ve been told a lot of lies, but few have caused more damage to liberty than the one about how we’re supposed to respond to unconstitutional federal acts – usurpations of power. Episode – That Which is Not Law Ought Not to be Obeyed Thomas Jefferson – Notes on the State of Virginia (1784) Thomas Jefferson – Draft for the Kentucky Resolutions (Before 4 Oct 1798) Lysander Spooner – An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852)
We Have it in our Power to Begin the World Over Again | Path to Liberty Podcast
We Have it in our Power to Begin the World Over Again The founders and old revolutionaries left us a ton of advice and strategy on how to keep government in check. It won’t be quick or easy, but as Thomas Paine put it in Common Sense, “We have it in our power to begin the world over again” James Otis, Jr – Speech Against the Writs of Assistance (24 Feb 1761) Thomas Jefferson – Draft for the Kentucky Resolutions (before 4 Oct 1798)
We Have it in our Power to Begin the World over Again: Top Quotes for 2024
In the Appendix to Common Sense, first published on January 10, 1776 – Thomas Paine wrote about the “birthday of a new world,” with this timeless reminder that fits today – and every single day of the year: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” With that reminder as our foundation today – I wanted to share with you ten of my favorite quotes from leading founders and old revolutionaries that set the stage for how we’re approaching things in 2024, and beyond.
These are the Times that Try Men’s Souls
Beginning with the immortal line, “THESE are the times that try men’s souls,” Thomas Paine’s “The American Crisis, No. I” holds a revered place in American History. Composed as a patriotic rallying cry for a weary army, and to reject and refute British arguments for American surrender, Paine published the first pamphlet in the series on December 19, 1776. His timeless words hold a lot of wisdom for us today. THESE are the times that try men’s souls.
In Defense of Free Speech and Free Silence
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government. Notably absent were any complaints that the British government infringed upon the freedom of speech. In those days, speech was as acerbic as it is today. Yet, if words were aimed at other colonists or at Parliament, all words were lawful. If they were aimed at the king — as Jefferson’s were in the Declaration — they constituted treason.
That Which is Not Law Ought Not to Be Obeyed | Path to Liberty Podcast
That Which is Not Law Ought Not to Be Obeyed
Dear Feds: GFY | Path to Liberty Podcast
The largest government in history is incredibly abusive – of your rights, of your money, of the constitution – of pretty much everything. The people need a massive change of attitude towards it if they ever want to turn things around. James Otis, Jr. – The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved (1764) St. George Tucker – View of the Constitution of the United States (1803) Thomas Jefferson – A Summary View of the Rights of British America (July 1774)
The 10th Amendment They Want You To Ignore | Path to Liberty Podcast
The 10th Amendment They Want You To Ignore Politicians love that the people know little to nothing about “the foundation of the Constitution” – and how to keep the government in check, whether the government people like it, or not.
The Real Constitution They Don’t Want You to Know About
I’ve been told that law students prepping for the Bar Exam are told that if the Tenth Amendment is ever among the answers on a multiple-choice question, they can immediately rule it out. For the “experts” and politicians – the Tenth Amendment is never the right answer. And people with power – love it that way. Thomas Jefferson had a little different view of the Tenth Amendment.
Resist Much. Obey Little. | Path to Liberty Podcast
Creating a real “land of the free” requires a people who not only love liberty – but have the backbone to resist and defy governments that violate their constitutions and their rights. We’ve got a lot of work to do to get there too. John Jay – Address to the People of New York (1788)
Breaking Free from the Monster State | Path to Liberty Podcast
In order to go from the largest government in history to a real “land of the free” – these 5 foundational principles from the founders and old revolutionaries – are an absolute must.
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