ELL 112: Jussie In Time! Are ALL ‘Hate Crimes’ Hoaxes?

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On this week’s Electric Libertyland host Brian McWilliams rolls around in the slime trail left behind by “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged “hate crime” that is turning into one of the funniest hoaxes in recent memory. Then Brian dips a toe into former FBI Agent McCabe’s interview on “60 Minutes” and former 60 Min darling Lara Logan splitting from CBS because of its journalistic bias. Finally Brian wraps up by tearing into Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s liars tour following the evisceration

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Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor: President’s Day Tomfoolery!

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In today’s flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc welcomes in some liquored-up Lions for a special President’s Day Edition of “Libertarians in Living Rooms Drinking Liquor!” Marc is joined by Brian, Howie and the ever-mysterious “Rico” to share some adult beverages and talk all things Presidents and Liberty! Can there be such a thing as a “libertarian President?” Who are the “most” and “least” libertarian Presidents of all time? It’s like a history lesson but with less facts and more

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Hotels are Spying on Single Women

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On today’s show Elizabeth Nolan Brown joins John to talk about the very invasive tactics being utilized by hotels, at the direction of homeland security, to spy on women who are traveling alone. John and Elizabeth discuss her excellent article where she revealed these tactics. The article can be found on Reason and is titled Are You a Woman Traveling Alone? Marriott Might Be Watching You. Elizabeth is an associate editor at Reason magazine, where she writes regularly on the intersections

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The New Green Death Star

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On this week’s truncated Electric Libertyland, Brian brings back a popular segment, “Bar Talk” to break down some easy to understand arguments against the New Green Deal that can be rolled out in drunken discussions. Discussed in this Episode: The worst and dumbest parts of the New Green Deal The Green New Deal Is About Punishing Working-Class Americans NGD is just like Mao’s horrible “Great Leap Forward” plan that killed 55M Save $20 on your next $200+ ammo order at ammo.com AND support a

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Taylor Swift, Thin Mints and Liberty w/ Chloe Anagnos

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In today’s flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc welcomes lovely and talented lady of liberty, Chloe Anagnos! Chloe is the publications manager for the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) and has previously authored over 100 research articles for libertarian-leaning organizations. Chloe dives into just how she stumbled upon libertarian ideas and just what made her begin self-identifying as a libertarian. Marc and Chloe discuss the best ways to market the ideas of liberty, which somehow includes ample discussion of their favorite

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Trump Made Criminal Justice Reform the Defining Moment of the SOTU

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Today on Felony Friday John is coming at your hard with a solo show. He talks about everything from Trump’s beautiful criminal justice moment at the State of the Union to the idiotic legislation in Hawaii to ban cigarettes! Check out all the links below! Discussed on today’s show: President Trump: ‘Welcome home’ to Matthew Charles, man released from Nashville prison under First Step Act Alice Marie Johnson – FREE AT LAST – LIFE sent commuted! Alabama Police Officer Will

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ELL 110: Venezuelan Activist for Liberty Gigi Raffo, plus Trump SOTU

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On this week’s Electric Libertyland host Brian McWilliams welcomes Gigi Raffo, an activist for liberty from Venezuela who works with CEDICE Libertad fighting for individual rights. Brian and Gigi discuss Venezuela’s fall into socialism, the current state of affairs and living in that nation under Maduro, and the public’s response to Juan Guaido and U.S. involvement. Brian then flies solo, taking on VA Gov. Ralph Northam’s blackface, Cuomo’s celebration and legalization of late term abortion, and VA Lt. Governor Justin

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Arrested Development Guitarist “JJ Boogie” on His Path to Liberty

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In today’s flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc is joined by the guitarist for the band Arrested Development – and sprouting Rothbardian libertarian – Jason “JJ Boogie” Reichert! Jason has been active in the discussion in the Lions of Liberty Forum on Facebook, and after discovering he was currently a member of a band I grew up jamming to in the ’90’s, I decided to bring him on the show to discuss his journey to libertarianism. Jason describes how he began defying

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How to Legalize Armor Piercing Bullets

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On today’s show Austin Jones from Atlas Arms joins John to talk about his project Atlas Arms, which hopes to bring armor piercing bullets to the masses.   Austin is the Chief Engineer and head of the project. He’s also the Co-founder of 20/20 Armor. Austin has previous experience in start-up enterprise, application of experimental technology, and soft body “armor”. Additionally, he has designed work on micrometeoroid shielding for soft-bodied spacecraft and has contributed to in-depth knowledge of the principals and technologies

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Learn to Code, Maduro!

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On this week’s Electric Libertyland…First Brian McWilliams checks off another example of government workers being treated as a class above private sector citizens and has a good laugh over the media layoffs at Huffington Post and Buzzfeed. But it gets better due to the subsequent outrage over those same journos being told to “Learn to code.” Brian then goes through some worrying news on Venezuela, some good news on Afghanistan, and Roger Stone’s indictment. Finally to wrap the show up:

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