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14-11 Things We Should All Agree On But Don’t

By Dr Mark | March 16, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment

Show 14-11 Summary: The vast majority of Americans used to be able to agree on some simple things. Like free speech and election integrity. You know. The right to free speech and that our elections should be fair, free, and secure against fraud. But no more. And the more the Left uses the power of government to enforce their view of America on the rest of us, the less we’ll agree and the less we’ll look like America. We interview Kimberly Hermann of the Southeastern Legal Foundation and Catherine Engelbrecht from True the Vote. Two women truly on the front lines of liberty. And the fight ahead to save America.

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Original Air Dates: March 16th & 17th, 2024 | Guests: Kimberly Hermann & Catherine Engelbrecht

This Week – Free Speech and Election Integrity

With the First Amendment — remember that? — being foundational to America, you would think we would all be able to agree on free speech and election integrity. But we don’t. Why is that?

Because when it comes to free speech and election integrity, Americans are extremely divided. In part, it’s because the Left and the Right have very different ideas about what is free speech and and what is election integrity.

The Right wants to have absolute free speech, as intended by our founders. But the Left thinks government should control speech — what can be said and what can’t. Which is weird because the government is supposed to defend a person’s right to free speech, not compel them to say something or prevent them from saying it.

And the same with elections, which are a form of free speech. The Right thinks of election integrity as limiting the ability for people to cheat and that only those who have a right to vote, should. But the Left only sees integrity in elections when everyone gets to vote, even if they don’t have a legal right to do so.

Free Speech Only for Some?

We talk with Kimberly Hermann, the general counsel for Southeastern Legal Foundation about a curious lawsuit they just filed against the University of New Mexico. But before we get there, we talk about some basics of free speech. Does the First Amendment have an asterisk by it, as the Left would have us believe? And what about this notion that our Founders never envisioned the internet so now we should do away with the free speech? And what about all this censorship? By our own government no less?

And it’s not just our government attempting to censor. It’s our universities. Tune in to hear how UNM decided to fine one side of the political aisle for trying to exercise their rights. And what Southeastern Legal is doing to remind them they have a legal obligation to protect speech. Even if they hate it.

Election Integrity

Then we talk with Catherine Engelbrecht, the president of True the Vote. Because TTV fights for election integrity, and has exposed tens of thousands of instances of voter fraud, they get smeared from time to time. We discuss the latest, in which they’re accused of not having any evidence of a single instance of voter fraud. But who said it? The guy to whom they gave the evidence. Except in his shallow mind, it doesn’t exist if you don’t look at it.

And you’ll never guess who begged for True the Vote’s endorsement.

But with 2024 looming, just voting is no longer an option. Thankfully, do-nothing Ronna McDaniels (the Fani Willis of the Republican Party) is gone at the Republican National Committee. And with new leadership, the RNC has alre3ady fired its first shot. At Michigan. Why? Because in 53 counties, Michigan has more registered voters than actual adults.

We also get Catherine’s insights from the trenches what everyday people can do. And what the RNC needs to focus on in the months ahead.

Mentioned: The Incredible Global Censorship Machine

As mentioned in the closer, Tucker Carlson had a stunning interview with Mike Benz, who revealed the alarming trutch behind the global effort by the Left to use government agencies and anti-free speech laws to censor the Right, who want free speech and smaller government. Watch the short clip, “Is Hate Speech a Loophole in the Constitution?” (Tucker Carlson Network, YT Channel, Mar 3, 2024). Here are some highlights:

The “Global Engagement Center” founded by Rick Stangle, who is a former journalist and described himself as “Obama’s Propagandist in Chief.”
Stangle has made public arguments against the First Amendment and Free Speech
The Global Engagement Center was the first government censorship operation within the federal govt, originally desiged to combat ISIS, which was recruiting on Facebook and Twitter. But then they turned it on American citizens.
It uses Artificial Intelligence to map the entire conversations happening on social media and create a vasty topography of how communities are organized online; major influencers are, what they’re talking about, what narratives are emerging or trending
When Hillary was not elected in 2016, State Department officials left and to prevent another Trump-style victory in the3 future, they convinced European countries to pass censorship laws and use this AI style systems to attack those on the right.
- They forced social media companies to employ censorship algorithms. They could be fined $54 million per post that had been identified as “hate speech” by the algorithm if it remained on the site for more than 48 hours
It has the ability to censor 10s of millions of posts with just a few lines of code.
Over 60 universities in the U.S. get federal grants to do this censorship work

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Mentioned during Kimberly’s Segments (1–3)

Leadership Institute, et al. v. University of New Mexico: SLF files lawsuit against the University of New Mexico for violating students’ and speakers’ freedom of speech (SLF, case details, March 2024)
Attorney General Ken Paxton Seeks to Stop Biden Administration from Censoring American Media Companies (AG of Texas, News Release, Feb 7, 2024)
SLF’s previous encounter with the University of New Mexico:*”1st Amendment case involving free speech and social media before the United States Supreme Court” (Michael Delsignore blog, Aug 31, 2020)*Hunt v. Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico (SCOTUS Blog, Nov 23, 2020)*“Issue: Whether the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico violated Paul Hunt’s clearly established rights as a private citizen under the First Amendment by punishing him for his off-campus, political speech.”

Mentioned during Catherine’s Segments (4–6)

The smear article: “Conservative Group Tells Judge It Has No Evidence to Back Its Claims of Georgia Ballot Stuffing” (US News , Feb 14, 2024)
Judge rules True the Vote’s mass voter challenges in Georgia are not illegal voter intimidation (Wabe, Jan 2, 2024)
Lawsuit Uncovers How Raffensperger Tried To Memory-Hole The Election Law Trump’s Georgia Call Was About (The Federalist, Jan 16, 2024)
Super Tuesday Voting Irregularities Report (True the Vote, Mar 7, 2024) (Scroll down to find the article)
In Case You Missed It (True the Vote, Mar 6, 2024) (Scroll down to find the article)
Mollie Hemingway: “New Book Admits Fani Willis’ Get-Trump Investigation Began With Illegal Recording (The Federalist, March 7, 2024)
Constitutional Attorney Lists Five Ways Georgia DA Fani Willis Committed Misconduct Prosecuting Trump and His Associates (Georgia Star News, March 7, 2024)
BREAKING: Georgia Judge tosses ‘Find the Votes’ phone call charge in Trump case (The Post Millennial, March 13, 2024)
- “It was alleged in the conspiracy case against him that Trump was telling Raffensperger to manufacture votes, to create votes where none existed before. Trump’s attorneys called for a recount in the state.”
The Republican National Committee sues Michigan over the state’s voter rolls (NBC News, Mar 13, 2024)

Free Speech and Election Integrity Links

Is Hate Speech a Loophole in the Constitution? (Tucker Carlson Network, YT Channel, Mar 3, 2024)
“Free speech: Why it’s under attack and what can be done to promote diverse viewpoints” (American Assoc of Medical Colleges, Sept 7, 2023)
America’s Losing Its Free Speech Consensus (Reason, Mar 17, 2023)
The Biden Administration’s Assault on Free Speech (WSJ Opinion, July 28, 2023)
How America turned against the First Amendment (The Verge, Nov 2, 2022)
“Experts say attacks on free speech are rising across the U.S.” (PBS, Mar 15, 2023)
- Ironically, because the Left is not allowed to force their views on other people, the Left thinks their free speech is also under attack.
“I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It.” (Quote Investigator, June 1, 2015)

14-10 CIA Whistleblower Part 2 | Manipulation and Control

By Dr Mark | March 9, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment

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Show 14-10 Summary: We continue our discussion with CIA whistleblower Pedro Israel Orta. This week, we look deeper into the CIA itself and the Deep State. We ask about rogue operations. And his take on the recent leak to the NY Times about CIA operations in Ukraine (proving Putin right, no less, so why do it?). And what about the control the CIA and Deep State have over presidents? Is it real? It”s been going on all the way back to Eisenhower and Kennedy. Did the CIA kill Kennedy? And what about that myth of “good people” in the government? Why don’t they do something?

Original Air Dates: March 9th & 10th, 2024 | Guest: Pedro Israel Orta

This Week – Digging Deeper into the CIA

CIA officer turned CIA whistleblower Pedro Israel Orta spent some 18 years in the CIA. And when he encountered abuses by a CIA Chief of Base in Afghanistan, he felt compelled to report it. But he quickly found out that whistleblower protections were basically non existent. Because he was the one singled out for punishment. And he was eventually forced out of the CIA. But not before he got to see how other whistleblowers were treated within the intelligence community. Now Pedro is on a mission to reveal the CIA for what it is — from an insider’s view point.

What a CIA Whistleblower Knows

Pedro Israel Orta was an analyst and spent years in covert operations for nearly two decades. This week, we talk to him about in more depth about the CIA itself. And the Deep State intelligence community. Which is supposed to serve the president. But do they? Or are they on their own.

Pedro discusses how the CIA and its forerunners began to take power for itself going back to FDR. Eisenhower tried to warn us about the “military industrialized complex.” And being a former general, he was in a position to know about the rising power of the intelligence agencies. So we ask, why didn’t he do something other than warn us?

And what about Kennedy? He knew the CIA was trying to steer America into a war with Cuba. And Vietnam. And he was going to break up the CIA. So was the CIA involved with killing Kennedy? Yes, we ask.

And what about all those wars and military conflicts since Kennedy? Did the CIA manipulate America into all of them? How does the CIA control presidents into doing their bidding? Yes, we ask all that too.

But then there’s the recent New York Times disclosure that Putin was right. The CIA really was and is operating in Ukraine and using it as a front to attack Russia. (Naturally, the Times is blind to that admission, even though they give Putin all the evidence.) Was it all an intentional leak? And if so, why?

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Get Pedro Israel Orta’s book: Broken Whistle: A Deep State Run Amok. That link takes you to Amazon. But you can find other ways to order it on Pedro’s personal website: www.PedroIsraelOrta.com under the book tab.
- Yes I am a CIA Whistleblower (Pedro Israel Orta, Sept 26, 2023)
Pedro Israel Orta former CIA author “The Broken Whistle: A Deep State Run Amok” with Stan Fitzgerald (Veterans for America, YT Channel, Nov 7, 2023)
That NY Times article we discuss: “The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin” (NYT, Feb 25, 2024)
- Just sick and mentally ill by the NY Times writer: “Now these intelligence networks are more important than ever, as Russia is on the offensive and Ukraine is more dependent on sabotage and long-range missile strikes that require spies far behind enemy lines. And they are increasingly at risk: If Republicans in Congress end military funding to Kyiv, the CIA may have to scale back.”
ZeroHedge does a great analysis of that NY Times article. “CIA Built ’12 Secret Spy Bases’ In Ukraine & Waged Shadow War For Last Decade, Bombshell NYT Report Confirms” (ZeroHedge, Feb 26, 2024)

More on Deep State Sabotage

The prospect of a second Trump presidency has the intelligence community on edge (Politico, Feb 26, 2024)
- Trump sought major changes at the intel agencies in his first term; former officials say he could be more radical in a second.
- Fair warning: this whole article is rife with politics, including the spin that Trump might have colluded, we just can’t prove it. Even a pic of Trump shaking hands with Politico.
- “Andrew McCabe, the then-deputy director of the FBI, said the bureau believed that was necessary to keep with a directive from then-President Barack Obama to compile all intelligence U.S. intelligence officials had on Russian meddling.” And that’s the problem. They stayed loyal to Obama, not the new president.
AI Censorship Targets People Who Read Primary Sources To Fact-Check The News (The Federalist, March 7, 2024)
- “… U.S. intelligence agencies are highly involved in censorship, using it essentially to control the U.S. government by controlling public opinion.”
Putin defeated US plan for Russia – [Victoria] Nuland (RT, Feb 25, 2024)
- Basically, Nuland admits the plan was to have a puppet run Russia

14-07 Defending Free Speech | Exposing Censorship Already Happening

By Dr Mark | February 17, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment

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Show 14-07 Summary: If you don’t speak up, you’ll lose it. Free speech is under attack. And it turns out censorship is already more widespread than we’d previously believed. By the federal government, yes; by state governments, yes. But now cities? This week, it’s all about defending free speech and exposing censorship of it.

Original Air Dates: February 17th & 18th, 2024 | Guests: Austin VanDerHeyden and Joseph Vazquez

This Week – Exposing Censorship

Two new-to-us guests this week. But both share their experiences and insights into censorship and the fight for free speech. Which the government is supposed to defend. But right now it is the worst offender when it comes to censorship. (By the way, a big win on censorship that broke after our interview. More below.)

First up is Austin VanDerHeyden from the Goldwater Institute, which is based in Phoenix Arizona. The Goldwater Institute has defended free speech and other civil liberties since 1988. But it turns out they had a city right in their own backyard that was busy spying on and censoring city employee’s free speech.

Then we talk with Joseph Vazquez from the Media Research Center, which has been America’s media watchdog against Left-Wing bias in the news since 1987. Back then it was countering and exposing the Left bias in the media. But now MRC has a new program focused on free speech and fighting censorship. Especially by Big Tech.

Because as we see with Oregon’s A.I.-powered elections monitoring and censorship program to combat whatever the democrats in charge deem to be mi-, dis-, or mal-information (MDM), Big Tech and artificial intelligence are weaponizing technology against the rights of citizens. And, again, let us remind governments, at all levels, that the role of government is defend free speech. Even and especially speech with which it disagrees. It’s role is not to determine what is acceptable or allowed.

Check out the research and show notes section for our guests’ organizations, and links mentioned during the show. And some others we relied on to build the show.

News! Censorship Can Be Stopped

Thankfully, there are sensible judges still out there who recognize that the Constitution means it when it says the government’s duty is to protect free speech, not censor it. On Friday, after our interview, news broke of a big win by RFK Jr., who had sued the federal government. Which, despite its constitutional duty, agencies within the federal government have been working with Big Tech to censor whatever it didn’t like. About such things as covid, the vaccines, global warming/climate change, transgenderism and more.

See this tweet from Christian Movick for a summary. And see this article for a more complete write up on the censorship ruling.

The ruling is essentially on hold until after the bigger and broader Missouri v. Biden, which is currently at the Supreme Court, awaiting a ruling. But. This ruling prevents Biden and his gestapo agencies from working with social media companies to suppress free speech. But this definitely fires a shot across the bow of U.S.S. Censorship.

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Austin VanDerHeyden (Segments 1–3) on the City of Gilbert’s Censorship

Austin VanDerHeyden is from the Goldwater Institute and serves as their Municipal Affairs Liaison
- Have a problem with your city council? Or a problem with your school boards? Then contact Austin.

The Goldwater Institute also takes on civil liberties cases “… on issues ranging from free speech and property rights to school choice and equal protection under the law, and much more.” Think they might be interested? Submit a case.
- See some of Goldwater’s work and news in the areas of free speech and fighting censorship.
From The Epoch Times: Big Brother Town Department Paid to Spy on Private Social Media Posts That Do Not Align With Woke Beliefs (Epoch Times, Feb 11, 2024)
One Arizona Town Is The Progressive Pioneer Of Controlling Online Speech (AZ Free News, January 18, 2024)

Joseph Vazquez (Segments 4–6) on Censorship: George Soros, Big Tech, and A.I.

Joseph Vazquez is from the Media Research Center and serves as the associate editor for Business and Free Speech America.
The Media Research Center (MRC), has been fighting the Left-Wing bias in news since 1987.
Perhaps one of MRC’s better-known projects is News Busters. If it’s not already on your daily news sites, it should be.
One of MRC’s latest projects is Free Speech America. Which has its own program, Censor Track, which specifically tracks censorship by Big Tech. Meaning censorship of conservatives.Visit CensorTrack.org.
“Free Speech Be Damned! Soros-Funded Group Cries No First Amendment Right for So-Called Election Disinfo” (MRCNewsBusters, Joseph Vazquez, Feb 14, 2024)

Additional Research and Related Info

We did not get time to discuss this but this is frightening: “Inside the Biden Admin’s New Strategy to Censor, Push Leftist Activism Into American Classrooms” (Newsbusters.org, Jan 17th, 2024)
Summary tweet from Christian Movick about RFK’s censorship win.
Kennedy, CHD Win Injunction in Landmark Censorship Case Against Biden Administration (The Defender, February 15, 2024)
THE AMAZON FILES: New Docs Expose Amazon Caving In to Biden Admin Pressure to Censor Books (MRC Free Speech, Feb 6, 2024)
Sen. Hawley Introduces Bill Slashing DHS Funding for Leftist Propaganda Following MRC Bombshells (Newsbusters.org, Jan 22, 2024)
CRAZY: “North Georgia journalist arrested after open records request” (WTVC NewsChannel, YouTube account, July 14, 2016)
Google Maps Out EU Election Interference Plans to ‘Fight Misinformation’ (MRC NewsBusters, February 15, 2024)

14-03 True the Vote Exposes the Stunning Reality of Our Elections

By Dr Mark | January 20, 2024 | Comments 2 comments

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Show 14-03 Summary: Huge show this week! We’re talking with Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote about their recent big-time win in Georgia two weeks ago, about the integrity of our elections (or lack of it), and how election fraud really is committed — thanks to federal laws which stop federal laws from being enforced. We also talk about what is happening here in Oregon, including the lawsuit against the State’s elections censorship program.

Original Air Dates: January 20th & 21st, 2024 | Guest: Catherine Engelbrecht

This Week – True the Vote

There’s a famous letter that starts out, “Yes, Virginia, there really is a Santa Claus.” While states like Oregon are monitoring, censoring, and blocking anything the democrats in charge deem to be “misinformation” about elections, they treat election fraud as if it’s some non-existent, mythical being. Well, sorry but, “Yes, Oregon, there really is election fraud.”

If you saw the absolute viciousness with which democrats, mainstream media, social media, and democrat-led judiciary all attacked anyone who dared ask questions about the 2020 election, you knew something was up. Why? Because all of those had just questioned the 2016 election. With huge, violent protests in D.C. and other cities. Republicans didn’t censor them. Republicans didn’t viciously attack any doubters.

But when Republicans questioned 2020? They were silenced, censored, and attacked. Court cases thrown out. And yet, here we are, three years later, and the claims made about the 2020 election fraud are proving true.

This week, we welcome Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote to talk about their recent huge win in Georgia. How big? It was so big, the mainstream media did their best to make sure you didn’t notice.

Tune in to find out why this case was so important for election integrity moving forward. You’ll also hear:

The weird and ironic problem of conflicting federal election laws preventing the enforcement of election integrity
How Obamacare ensures phantom voters on the voter rolls
Why the cased against Oregon’s AI-powered election censorship program and attack on free speech is so important to defeat
Some myth-busting about election integrity

This week’s show is definitely a “don’t miss”!

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Mentioned During the Show

Visit True the Vote’s webpage (TrueTheVote.org). Sign up for their newsletter, explore their tools and info, and if you can, donate to help them! They are constantly being sued by people who want to defend potential election fraud. Including our own government.
Help fight Oregon’s AI-powered election monitoring and censorship program. Visit Battleground Oregon (BattlegroundOregon.org) and donate to help with legal expenses. (Full disclosure: I Spy Radio‘s host, Mark Anderson, is a plaintiff in this case. He receives nothing from the donations, which go to legal expenses.)
Democrats fear retribution for their retribution, here’s what’s really happening (Public Opinion, Jan 18, 2024)
Catherine’s January 30th, 2017 interview. “Catherine Engelbrecht – True the Vote. Voter Fraud” (Ken Garner, YouTube, Jan 30, 2017)
- If election fraud is such a big threat, why is it so hard to find fraudsters? The reason election fraud is hard to quantify is because the fraud has become institutionalized.
True the Vote Defeats Fair Fight, Stacy Abrams, Marc Elias, and the Biden DOJ (True the Vote News, Jan 22, 2024)
True The Vote Defeats Fair Fight, Stacy Abrams, Marc Elias, And The Biden Department Of Justice In Landmark Election Case (The Georgia Record, Jan 4, 2024)
- THIS “It is also remarkable that not a single GOP or conservative group ever joined True the Vote to fight for Georgia voters.” Why? Where is the Republican party in all this? Or for that matter, the Democrat party? Shouldn’t all sides want election integrity?
The Daily Caller story about Oregon’s elections censorship program: “Blue State Hired AI Company To Track Election ‘Misinformation.’ It Routinely Flagged Conservative Opinions” (Daily Caller, Jan 16, 2024)
Will Elections Finally Be Secure and Honest in 2024? (Heritage Foundation, Jan 5, 2024)

Examples of Winning

Voter Fraud Convictions Challenge Narrative of Secure Elections (The Epoch Times, Jan 13, 2024)
- Criminal convictions of election fraud across America have called into question the narrative that cheating is rare and of little impact.
Ohio Judge Hands Down Landmark Ruling For Election Integrity!(WLT Report, Jan 12, 2024)
Why Jan. 6 Wasn’t an Insurrection (NYT Opinion, Jan 12, 2024)

Research and Related Info

Onward Podcast with True the Vote’s Catherine Engelbrecht: “Courtroom Victory, Clean Rolls, and You.” (via Locals.com, Jan. 6, 2024)
Lawsuit Uncovers How Raffensperger Tried To Memory-Hole The Election Law Trump’s Georgia Call Was About (The Federalist, Jan 16, 2024)
Department of Justice Finally Admits the Truth About Hunter Biden Laptop in New Court Filing (Western Journal, Jan 17, 2024)
DC Appeals Court Smacks Down Jack Smith: ‘Undermines The Presidency’ (Trending Politics, Jan 17 2024)
Bombshell J6 Footage Proves Pelosi’s Security Guard Told Massive Lie (Trending Politics, Jan 17 2024)
Video: Here’s How Taiwan Secured Their Election In The Good Old Fashioned Way And Put America To Shame (Right Journalism, Jan 13, 2024)
Biden Campaign Holding Coaching Sessions with Establishment Media, Invoking Special ‘Spreadsheet’ (Western Journal, Jan 8, 2024)

14-02 Winter Potpourri | Hot Topics of the Week, Election Integrity News and More

By Dr Mark | January 13, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment

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Show 14-02 Summary: You probably missed the big election integrity news this last week. But that could be a little understandable because there was a lot of news this week. If the weather predictions hold true for some of our listening areas, it is definitely a good weekend to stay inside and listen to I Spy Radio. And as it happens, we have a former weatherman on this week. Fan favorite and regular guest, Chuck Wiese, joins us to talk through a huge news week — and one that was filled with stories in which he has expertise as a scientist, commercial airline pilot, and election integrity activist. We talk weather prediction, global warming, election fraud, airplane doors, and other hot topics from this and last week’s news.

Original Air Dates: January 13th & 14th, 2024 | Guest: Chuck Wiese

This Week – Stories You Might Not have Heard

We welcome back fan favorite and regular gust, Chuck Wiese, to talk about some of the major news stories these last two weeks. And they all just happen line up well with Chuck’s expertise and experience. Chuck Wiese is an academically trained scientist with a degree in meteorology. (Which he obtained before the universities went woke and through science out in exchange for activism and big propaganda grants.) He spent years in the news business as a TV weatherman for a major Portland network before becoming a commercial airline pilot. After retiring from those, he has become a political activist — as we all should be —focusing especially on election integrity. And boy was there some election integrity news this week.

Tune in to hear a wide-ranging interview covering why weather predictions, especially here in the Pacific Northwest, are so difficult to be accurate more than 48 hours out. We talk developments in election integrity, including the Georgia prosecutor Fanni Willis going after President Trump only to expose herself as being corrupt. She paid over $650,000 to her boyfriend who has never been a prosecutor. And was dumb enough to charge his visits to the Biden White House to her office leaving a paper trail of corruption.

Election Integrity News – Did You Miss It?

Speaking of Fanni Willis, there was election integrity news you almost certainly missed. Especially if your main news source is the mainstream news. Trump released a devastating report: “Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States.” (If you have not seen this, see the Links section below to download a copy.)

The true “big lie” from 2020 is from the media: there was no evidence of election interference or corruption. That’s the lie. The “big truth” is that there is massive amounts of election fraud. And we talk through just one county in one state: Fulton County, Georgia.

Now you know why Fanni Willis is desperate to attack Trump. Marxism/Leftism 101: accuse the other side of that which you yourself are guilty.

Dumb Things Dumb People Do

The push for green energy (it’s not green) is on a downward spiral. And if you’re in an area this weekend getting hit by all that cold and ice, you’re glad your only power is NOT solar or wind. But beyond the push for green energy (it’s not green), EVs have suddenly taken a dive. All across the U.S. and even in the green-energy-crazy (it’s not green) United Kingdom EVs are suddenly unpopular. Why?

And did you see the dumbest dumb thing thew globalists and global warmers have come up with now? Listen in and don’t miss it.

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Things We Did Discuss On Air

Download President Trump’s devastating election integrity report: “Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States“ (PDF). Read it for yourself. So much for the media’s “big lie” of no evidence of voter fraud.
As climate lawsuits wind through the courts, concerns arise over the impartiality of the judges (Just the News, Jan 8, 2024)
Study finds problems with NOAA’s scientific integrity in reporting ‘billion dollar disasters’ (Just the News, Jan 9, 2024)
Boeing Faces Pressure as 2 Airlines Find Loose Parts (Epoch Times, Jan 9, 2024)
Airline safety is off to a bad start in 2024 thanks to Biden admin policies (LifeSite News, Jan 11, 2024)
- “Competency is no longer the primary requirement considered for employment in the airline and commercial aircraft manufacturing industries”
Uncontrolled Frequency: Why Intermittent Wind & Solar Are Wrecking Stable Power Grids (Stop These Things, Dec 9, 2023)*A fascinating article about why “renewables” like solar and wind are dangerous to our power grid. And can cause cascading outages when they fluctuate.
Boeing CEO David Calhoun takes responsibility (Daily Mail, Jan 10, 2024)
Coalition MPs call for 2035 targets to be scrapped (Sky News Australia, YT Channel, Jan. 9, 2024)
This Is What They Don’t Want You to Know About the Climate Agenda (Tucker Carlson, YT Channel, Jan 9, 2024)
How Weird Is People Using Fuels That Work? (Climate Discussion Nexus, YT Channel, Jan 4, 2024)
Carbon Tax is DONE. Saskatchewan fights Canada. Carbon is the solution, not pollution. (Arkopia, YT Channel, Jan 2, 2024)
- Saskatchewan rebelled against the Fed and eliminated the Carbon Tax on Jan 1, 2024, saving the average house $400 in plant-food extortion bills. A great start to 2024. Carbon is one of the most important elements on the planet (if not the most important), and is a solution, not a pollution.
German EV subsidies SLASHED after Court ruling (MGUY Australia, YT Channel, Dec 29, 2023)*UK EVs drying up. US EVs drying up.
How Weird Is A Cold Winter? (Climate Discussion Nexus, YT Channel, Jan 1, 2024)

You Might Also Like…

We ran out of time before getting to some other topics we know Chuck is passionate about. Like Ivermectin for one. And that little miracle drug just keeps giving and giving. No wonder Fauci and Big Pharma tried to ban it.

Ivermectin

6 Secrets of Ivermectin: The Medication That Keeps on Giving (Vigilant News Network, November 22, 2023). Some highlights:
- It inhibits flu and RSV viral replication
- Ivermectin reduces inflammation throughout the body
- Improves the gastrointestinal microbiome by boosting levels of the probiotic Bifidobacterium
- May help with athletic and sports performance by boosting cellular energy output in the heart
- And here’s the big one: Ivermectin has profound anti-cancer properties
Ivermectin is (or was originally) and an anti-parasitic drug. This class of drug seems to have strong anti-cancer effects as well. Check this out: “The Overlooked Miracle Drug for Cancer? Why Big Pharma Fears Fenbendazole” (Vigilant News Network, Nov 7, 2023)

Oregon and Economics

Oregon #3 poorest state for real after-tax income (Oregon Catalyst, January 8, 2024)
National Study Shows Oregon’s Tax System More Progressive Than Most but Still Favors High Earners (Willamette Week, Jan 9, 2024)
US consumer debt soared to new heights in the run-up to the holiday season (CNN, Jan 8, 2024)
- U.S. consumer debt tops $5 trillion for first time. Yikes!

14-01 The Two Major Fights in 2024 | Encouraging Victories from 2023

By Dr Mark | January 6, 2024 | Comments 1 comment

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Show 14-01 Summary: The 2023 wins and future battles. There will be two major fights in the year ahead. The first will be the battle over the First Amendment — especially free speech. Twenty-three states have created censorship and monitoring programs to keep the truth hidden from the public in favor of their propaganda. The second major fight will be the battle to convince people to get engaged and to not stay silent. Why? Because 2023 saw a bunch of huge wins. Even here in Oregon! When people spoke up, they won. That’s what we need more of in the year ahead.

Original Air Dates: January 6th & 7th, 2024 | Guest: Craig Rucker

This Week – 2023 Wins and Future Battles

There will be two major fights in the year ahead. The first and biggest will be the battle over the First Amendment — especially free speech. In 2020, we saw the Deep State censor vital information from voters — like the Hunter Biden laptop story and the Biden corruption scandals. And the covid origin story and viable covid treatments of Ivermectin and HCQ. And injuries and death from the not safe, not effective vaccines. All that to seize control.

As of this writing, 23 states have joined the Biden administration to seize control of free speech, claiming they are fighting “disinformation.” All 23 of them just happen to be democrat-led states. Hint to tyrants: that’s not the government’s job. The government’s job is to defend free speech. Not attack it. The second major fight will be the battle to get people engaged. Is America worth saving? Is the America we’ve become worth defeating—to go back to the America we loved and was worth fighting for? The battle ahead will be to convince people to get engaged and to not stay silent. Why? Because 2023 was the year of wins. We saw what happened when people spoke up. They won. That’s what we need more of in the year ahead.

Winning 2023

Our guest this week is Craig Rucker, the president and co-founder of CFACT (the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow). We discuss with him the wins CFACT had in 2023 and the wins we had here in Oregon. And we look ahead to what needs to happen to get even more wins in 2024.

You’ll also hear about some surprising wins that weren’t planned and came a bit out of the blue — against “green” energy.

What You’ll Learn this Week

The huge victories CFACT had in 2023
The wins we had in Oregon. Including a huge win that you probably haven’t heard about: the dismantling of the Governor’s carbon scheme
Why the victories happened
Keys to getting more wins in 2024
The annual Global Warming confab, COP 28, and the reality check the host country gave to the Green Energy Cult and its attempt to get rid of oil. Get this: the COP28 president declared, “there is ‘no science’ behind the demand to phase-out of fossil fuels.” What?
And of course, lots more.

We had some wins too on I Spy Radio! We broke into some rankings that were unexpected — unexpected because we haven’t been doing any self-marketing. We were ranked 18th on FeedSpot’s 30 best Conservative Talks Shows, and 36th on PlayerFM’s Best Conservative Radio Talk Show Podcasts for 2023. Wow! And they chose us out of 1,000s of shows.

Whoops! Just checked that FeedSpot and now we’re up to 16th. Thank you listeners!

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CFACT and COP 28

If CFACT is not already on your reading list, they should be. Bookmark CFACT.org.
Check out CFACT’s incredible coverage of COP 28 . Here are just a few:
- Real America News — Stella Escobedo with Craig Rucker: Analysis Of The COP28 Climate Summit (Real America News, Dec 18th, 2023)
  - COP 28 was “a smorgasbord of far Left groups and people who are in the renewable energy industry who have a vested financial interest. Also people with an ideological interest in advancing the climate agenda.”
- Craig Rucker on One America News: COP28 Countries Vote On Climate Disaster Fund (OAN, Nov 30, 2023)
  - Craig: it’s reparations in its own way – the West is causing “Climate Change.”
- Was COP 28 climate imperialism’s last gasp? (CFACT, Dec 29th, 2023)
  - “African diplomats said at COP 28 that ‘the idea of a fossil-fuel phaseout [is] unworkable.’”*the real story of COP 28 – that, for perhaps the first time in 28 tries, the clash between Western ideologues “who are exhausted with the modern world” and developing nations “who want in on the modern world” was out in the open for the world to see.
- PODCAST: New House resolution would nullify UN COP 28 meat plan (CFACT, Dec 18th, 2023)
- COP 28: UN climate conference ends with more of the same tired ‘goals’ (Craig Rucker, CFACT, Dec 18th, 2023)
Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels (The Guardian, Dec 3, 2023)*“Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’”
Yet another win for CFACT: Another offshore wind project is canceled (Just the News, Jan 3, 2024)
Listen to Craig’s previous appearance on I Spy Radio for more wins they had, Show 13-42 Winds of War: Billions from Offshore Wind Farms – and Fighting Back.

Oregon Wins

Oregon Appeals Court Strikes Down State’s Landmark Climate Rules (Epoch Times, Dec 21, 2023)
Officials, locals worry about foggy federal plans for wind farms off Oregon Coast (Oregon Capital Chronicle, Jan 4, 2024)
Federal Court Deals Knockout Punch To Blue City’s Biden-Backed Effort To Ban Gas Stoves (Daily Caller, Jan 3, 2024)

13-47 (Best of) 13-36 Activating the Church and Christian Engagement

By Dr Mark | November 25, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment

Show 13-47 Summary: This week, the I Spy Family was off for Thanksgiving. (It’s remarkably hard to get guests this week, as you might imagine.) In anticipation of next week’s show, we are re-airing our interview with Pastor Richard Peil.

All of the links mentioned during the show can be found on 13-36’s show page. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and we’ll see you next week.

Original Air Dates: September 9th & 10th, 2023 | Guest: Pastor Richard Peil

13-45 Battle Lines Have Been Drawn | Oregon Censorship Lawsuit Filed

By Dr Mark | November 11, 2023 | Comments 1 comment

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Show 13-45 Summary: A split show this week. First up, we talk about the battle to get School Choice in Oregon on the November 2024 ballot. There’s been some confusion out there about the funding and how the typical strings-attached could impact home schoolers. Except that is not the case in this case. Find out why. But the bulk of the show is discussing the Oregon censorship lawsuit just filed this week. We bring on the lawyer in the case to discuss why it was brought. And what was so incendiary in Oregon’s “election disinformation” surveillance system. Don’t miss the state’s response to some Republican senators who dared question the state. The war is on.

Original Air Dates: Nov 11th & 12th, 2023 | Guests: Donna Kreitzberg and Stephen Joncus

This Week – In the Trenches

There was a flurry of letters this week as opposing sides squared off over our 1^st Amendment rights and, what many feel, is Oregon’s government attack on its own citizens. And from an office no less, that is the supposed to be the defender of Oregonians’ rights—the Secretary of State.

Two weeks ago, we brought you the shocking story of the Secretary of State seeking to hire an AI firm to track, monitor, and report anything the SoS Office deems “mis-, dis-, or mal-information” about the elections. (See Show 13-43, “Oregon’s New Surveillance System to Track, Censor “Election “Disinformation.”) The RFP they posted sought an Orwellian tech company that would surveil social media, websites, blogs, podcasts, and even radio broadcasts.

As we continue to cover this developing fight to protect our rights, there have been some breaking news items as the Secretary of State rightly felt the heat. Among the developments are a new lawsuit filed in federal court, thanks in large part to I Spy listeners’ multiple donations and generosity. A big thank you to all who donated to make this legal defense of our First Amendment possible.

Also, the Republican Senators and Representatives sent a letter to the Secretary of State, admonishing the government’s actions and demanding that they stop. But, not surprisingly, the government effectively responded with “It’s no big deal, we’re just monitoring. And oh by the way we did the same in 2022 and see, no big deal. Plus, other states are doing it too.”

Great way to build trust, Oregon.

This week, we take a look at the legal issues behind this horrible idea.

Questions about School Choice Funding and Regulations

Map: Astounding Home Schooling Student Enrollment Increases by State, via Washington Post — Click map for full size

But first up we bring on Donna Kreitzberg to bring us a quick update on the hard work to get school choice on the November 2024 ballot. I Spy Radio has fielded a lot of questions about the funding mechanism for this ballot initiative. Why? Because we have smart listeners. And people know that whenever there is government funding, there are strings attached. So wouldn’t that mean that stay-at-home parents who home school their children will be facing regulations tied to that funding?

The short answer is no. Not in this case.

Because we really dig deep into how Education Freedom for Oregon’s ballot initiative specifically protects against that. It will add an amendment to Oregon’s constitution that protects the choices parents make about their children’s schools.

That constitutional amendment ensures the funding attached to the children does not open the door to government regulations. This is especially true for home schooling — parents choices will be protected and puts a firewall between parents and government regulation. And that will keep government out of the classroom.

Note: there is a third school choice ballot initiative being floated by lobbyists that would not protect parents and home schoolers. In fact, it will almost likely inadvertently open the door to it and even religious based private schools.

Lawsuit to Block Oregon’s Free Speech Surveillance System

Then we welcome Oregon attorney Stephen Joncus, who filed the Oregon censorship lawsuit suing Governor Kotek, Secretary of State Griffen-Valade, and Elections Director, Woon. We discuss the impact the surveillance would have on Oregonians, the destruction of our privacy, and the suit’s request to put a halt to this contract.

Tune in to hear about the Oregon censorship lawsuit, why it was filed, what was so wrong with the State’s RFP for

To nutshell things, the entire problem is the State operates behind closed doors and is doing its best to keep it that way. They sue people who want to look. Or ask for access to public databases. They keep things behind a wall of secrecy, and now they want to block and control communication and discussion about a situation they have kept hidden. And then wonder why people question the integrity of the elections. And will attack anyone who does questions — to paint them with the Yellow Star of “disinformation.”

Where are the democrats in all this? U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is against the government monitoring its citizens. So where are other democrats? Unless you speak out against censorship, you’re for it.

And, oh, by the way, it turns out there’s already another surveillance system already in place. That was news to us too. Don’t miss this important show!

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School Choice Segments

Ballot Measures for the Nov 2024 (Education for Freedom Oregon)
“Home schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education.” (Washington Post, Nov 1, 2023)
The Post examined home schooling’s surge in the U.S. Here’s what we found. (Washington Post, via MSN.com, Oct 31, 2023)

Oregon Censorship Lawsuit Segments

Read for yourself: *Oregon censorship lawsuit, Thielman, et al. v. Kotek
- Letter from GOP legislators demanding the SoS cease and desist its attack on Oregonians’ free speech
- The Secretary of State’s response to the legislators defending their Orwellian RFP. Do disinformation much, Oregon?
Oregon’s other, already existing, surveillance system: TITAN. The two lawsuits mentioned:
- Farrell-Smith et al. v. Oregon DOJ (Dec 14, 2021)
- Farrell-Smith et al. and Rogue Climate (Intervenor) v. Oregon DOJ, (April 27, 2023)
US Lawmakers Propose Bill to Curtail FBI’s Warrantless Spy Powers (Epoch Times, Nov 7, 2023)
Profile of Marco A. Hernandez, the judge in the Oregon censorship lawsuit case. First appointed by George W, and then later re-appointed by Obama. In March 2023, he announced he would retire on August 21, 2024 (via Ballotpedia, updated March 2023)
Senate unanimously approves Marco Hernandez to be federal judge (OregonLive, Feb 7, 2011)

13-40 Can We Trust Our Elections Again? Election Solutions To Do Just That

By Dr Mark | October 7, 2023 | Comments 0 Comment

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Show 13-40 Summary: Nothing breaks trust quite like the way government does. It’s one thing when someone close to you lies. It’s quite another when government lies and then sues you if you dare question them. And this after telling you “trust us, there’s nothing to see here.” Really? So why not let people look. Trust in government is at an all-time low. (Perhaps it has something to do with threatening and jailing people who dare question them.) But elections absolutely should be something we can all trust. Including, and especially, the losing side. So why is government trying so hard to not build trust? But there are election solutions to rebuild trust. Listen to find out why a return to hand counting can rebuild trust in our elections. And help restore (a little) trust in government.

Original Air Dates: October 7, 2023 | Guest: Marc Thielman

This Week – Election Solutions

Trust in government is at an all time low. Perhaps because it is now suing, fining, and/or arresting their political opponents. And threatening people who dare question them. But elections absolutely should be something we can all trust. Even the losing side. Especially the losing side. Shouldn’t they have faith that they may have lost but it was fair, open, and trustworthy?

So why is government trying so hard not to build trust? Especially trust in our elections.

But there are election solutions. And one of the biggest is also a simple one: return to hand counting.

Election Solutions that Would Restore Trust

We welcome back Marc Thielman, a former Republican candidate for Oregon’s governor, and current political activist. Marc was also the superintendent for the Alsea School District during Covid, which the State of Oregon tried desperately to close down but Marc stood firm against their mandates. During that time, Alsea saw their enrollment swell by 500%. And they also never had a case of covid be traced back to their school. Funny that.

As a political activists, Marc is currently involved with getting real school choice on the 2024 ballot and is one of the lead plaintiffs in an election integrity case against Oregon and which is currently in front of the 9th Circuit.

But this week, we’re talking about trust and election solutions. And how those two intermingle.

Return to Hand Counting Ballots

On Sunday, October 1st, I Spy Radio host, Mark Anderson, attended a hand count training with Linda Rantz, who spearheaded a real hand count in Osage County, Missouri. He was able to see first hand how hand counting not only can be done but should be done. On this week’s show, Mark walks people through the process, how efficient it is, and how this election solution has trust designed right into it. Yes, there are potentials for human error. Just like there are potentials for human-caused errors in machine counts. But this hand-counting system is designed for transparency and trust. Because it recognizes the potential problems and makes it easier for many eyes on them to prevent them.

Which is entirely different than what blue states do. Hide the errors and attack people who dare question them. States like Oregon and California. The latter of which just passed a law to block hand counting. Now, why would you do that unless you want to make it easier for the state to cheat and keep things hidden?

Hand Counting Demonstration

Election Solutions: Ballot hand counting demonstraiton and luncheon. Hosted by Clean Voter Rolls and Oregon People's Vote — Click for full size

If you’d like to see how hand counting ballots would work and could restore trust in the elections, Marc Thielman will be co-hosting an event in Salem on Saturday, Oct 14th, from 10am to 2 pm. The cost is $13 for the spaghetti luncheon. See flyer at right for more information.

Marc will be joined by election integrity expert, Joe Oltmann, from Colorado.

Please RSVP at 503-757-0670 or www.CleanVoterRolls.com.

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

Marc Thielman’s website mentioned during the show is BattlegroundOregon.org. Interested in election integrity? See also Clean Voter Rolls and Oregon People’s Vote websites
Colorado Tried to Throw Out an Election Watchdog’s Lawsuit Seeking ERIC Data. A Judge Said No (Federalist, Oct 4, 2023)
- A case study on how not to build trust: Colorado Secretary of State refuses to open the books to show if there are dead people on the voter rolls
Kevin McCarthy and the Political Culture (American Thinker, Oct 5, 2023)
Gingrich: Gaetz & McCarthy Opponents Are “Traitors,” Should Be Primaried And “Driven Out Of Public Life” (Real Clear Politics, Oct 3, 2023)
Victor Davis Hanson: The Next 12-18 Months Will Be The Most Explosive Since The Great Depression (Real Clear Politics, Oct 3, 2023)
Bill to Ban Ballot Hand Counts Signed By Governor Newsom (California Globe, October 4, 2023)
- Shasta County Board of Supervisors Chairman Patrick Jones said they will be suing to block the bill if signed into law
10 Ways Democrats Are Already Rigging The 2024 Election (The Federalist, October 5, 2023)

13-36 Activating the Church and Christian Engagement

By Dr Mark | September 9, 2023 | Comments 1 comment

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Show 13-36 Summary: We welcome back Pastor Richard Peil from Victory Baptist Church in Bend, Oregon. Last time we’d talked about getting Christians involved in society and especially politics. This continues that discussion, taking a look at the societal pressures for churches and Christians to conform to a woke society, not the other way around. The media reports are the Church of England and the Catholic Church — at the urging of the Pope no less — are bowing the knee to woke. Except that’s not the whole story. Plus, there are strong and fascinating evidences for a Creator from a surprising source you won’t want to miss.

Original Air Dates: September 9th & 10th, 2023 | Guest: Pastor Richard Peil

This Week – Activating the Church and Christian Engagement

A few months ago, we interviewed Pastor Richard Peil out of Bend, Oregon, who’d come to our attention when he led a group of two dozen pastors to Salem to speak against the onerous HB2002, which was filled with far-left ideology. We wanted to talk to him about activating the Church and how to get Christians out of their pews and into the streets.

This week is largely a continuation of that discussion. We also talk about the state of the church — including attempts to secularize the Church of England and the Catholic Church. And attacks already here in the U.S. But it also includes scientific evidence that points to a Creator. Strongly so. And if there is a Creator — what then?

The last couple weeks’ news has been filled with reports of how churches, protestant and catholic, and even the Pope have determined that churches are ”backwards” and out of step with modern civilization. The emphasis is, at least we’re being told, church goers want more of a woke approach to Christian teachings rather than true Biblical instruction. But while the media might want that to be true, there’s more to the story.

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Pastor Peil’s church is Victory Baptist Church. Their website is victoryforyou.church

Scientific Evidence for a Creator

God Is . . . Bigger Than We Know | Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe, via YouTube, March 29, 2023)
By Design: Behe, Lennox, and Meyer on the Evidence for a Creator (Hoover Institution, October 15, 2022)
We Challenge All Evolutionists to Watch This Video! (Answers in Genesis, June 30, 2022)

Articles Mentioned During the Show

Pope Francis calls US Catholic Church ‘backwards’ (NY Post, Aug 30, 2023)
Do Most Church Leaders Even Believe the Bible? Poll has Shocking Answer (Gateway Pundit, Aug 4, 2023)
Church of England Priests Say Premarital, Gay Sex Not Immoral (Breitbart, Aug 30, 2023)
Fr. Frank Pavone: Going Backward, or Staying Faithful? Pro-life Leader Responds to Pope Francis (GWP, Sept 5, 2023)

Additional/Related

No, Romans 13 is not about obeying the governing authorities (Craig Greenfield, May 11, 2018)
Should Christians Always Submit to the Government? (Crossway.org, Apr 24, 2022)