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When does the First Amendment become dangerous?
Well next to never. In this episode we look at what the founding fathers thought of free speech and why it's the most important freedom we have.
We'll also talk about how the current state of the election puts our level of free speech, which is almost unique in the world, in danger.
On this week's episode, we covered Super Tuesday, Donald Trump's KKK incident and the GOP debate from last week.
Spy Magazine Editor on Trump's Hands:
http://www.vox.com/2016/3/2/11148356/donald-trump-short-fingers-small-hands-vulgarian
Real Clear Politics Delegate Update:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/republican_delegate_count.html
Daily Caller Glenn Beck Article:
http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/04/glenn-beck-if-i-got-close-enough-to-trump-the-stabbing-just-wouldnt-stop-audio/
InfoWars Glenn Beck Article:
http://www.infowars.com/secret-service-visits-the-blaze-studios-following-glenn-beck-stabbing-comments/
Bernie Sanders Full Answer to Racial Blind Spots Question:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6IlGoeDIUQ
Why do millennials love socialism and why is it a failure of an economic system?
We also talked about the SC Primary and Democrat NV Caucus as well as how the Apple issue isn't just about terrorism.
This episode closed with a new segment for the last week of Black History Month on Wentworth Cheswell, the first black man to hold elected office in the United States. We'll be putting out a new mini segment each day this week on different founding fathers from the early African American community.
Matt Kibbe's Socialism 101:
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/01/watch-kibbe-socialism-101
Thomas Sowell's "The Lure of Socialism":
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/02/17/the-lure-of-socialism-n2120485/page/2
Libertarianism.org's "Stupidity, Immorality, and Political Differences":
http://www.libertarianism.org/columns/stupidity-immorality-political-differences
Measuring and Comparing Wait Times in OECD Countries:
http://www.healthpolicyjrnl.com/article/S0168-8510(14)00226-7/abstract?cc=y=
Tonight we talked about what the founding fathers had to say about populism, what Antonin Scalia's death means for the supreme court, and the latest GOP Debate
Tonight we talked about the results of the NH Primary and the demographics that led to the result.
Today we covered how the Washington Post's "Presidents" podcast is trying to distort the view of Thomas Jefferson and how Ben Sasse is the modern Jefferson Smith and why we need more people like him.
Today we've got the Iowa caucus results and what we can expect going into the New Hampshire primary