Show 16-02 Summary: In our first live show for 2026, we welcome back fan-favorite and long-time guest, Chuck Wiese. Chuck is a meteorologist, pilot, and fierce Global Warming debunker. And he’s a growing political activist. We take a brief look back at the biggest stories of 2025 but focus on what will be the biggest stories of 2026. And the biggest and best will be the Democrats destroying themselves in 2026. Repeatedly. Find out why “the pundits” and Far-Left strategists have it all wrong. Have plenty of popcorn on hand—2026 is going to be lit!
Keywords/categories: 2026 elections, 2026 year of popcorn, Chuck Wiese, fraud, global warming, Minnesota fraud, Oregon fraud, Somali fraud, conservative talk radio, democrats, democrats in 2026, 2026 mid-term elections,
15-50 Podcast: Medical Marxism | Lies that Made the Pandemic Happen
Show 15-50 Summary: The tyranny we witnessed during the covid pandemic happened because of the lies that created the pandemic. On this week’s show, we look at the covid lies, especially treatments, that led directly to the pandemic. We talk with Dr. Simone Gold, the President and Founder of America’s Frontline Doctors, who led the White Coat Summit on the steps of the Supreme Court. She and other doctors took a stand against the fear and lies. Covid revealed was the worst in people. But it also revealed what had been brewing in the medical system for decades and then boiled over. Medical Marxism. Doctor Gold reveals what she witnessed firsthand, being fired for standing up, and exposes the lies that made the pandemic. So what are the answers now?
Show 15-39 Summary: It’s a shocking reality that the political Left sees violence and murder as acceptable response to speech they disagree with. The rise in far-left political violence will only get worse. This week, we reach out to a psychologist to better understand how people have been brainwashed by violent Antifa offshoot groups. But conservatives. especially Christians, sitting quietly and not getting involved is no longer an option. We talk with a trainer who helps engage conservatives to impact their communities and society.
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Air Dates: September 27th & 28th, 2025 | Guests: Angela Plowhead & Scott Allen
This Week –Far-Left Political Violence: We’re Not at War, But We Are
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, many people are still shocked at how the Land of Free Speech got to the point where someone was murdered for his speech. Too many people had no idea just how dangerous Antifa really was. And how their further-left spinoffs are actively training their members to kill.
How did we get here?
That’s easy. The Right has been too tolerant. And too silent. Well, it’s time for the Right and Middle to rise up. And to stop being silent.
A Psychologist on the Left’s Manipulation and Violence
For people familiar with Far-Left, Marxist ideology, it is no surprise the Left lies, manipulates, and exploits society’s most vulnerable. But unlike years past, they have first isolated confused children, convinced them to hate who they really because they are “in the wrong body.” And then manipulate them to channel their hate and anger toward society and authority.
But it’s not just youth. The Left uses clever marketing and the media to confuse vulnerable seniors into thinking policies that are actually good for seniors are somehow bad for them. Which is why the largest demographic that hates Trump are American seniors. Democrats who shriek “disinformation” misinform seniors about Trump’s tariffs, no tax on social security, and more. And convince them Trump is cutting Medicare. He’s not. He’s removing people on Medicare/Medicaid and Social Security who legally should not be getting it. And by removing them, there is more money for those who deserve it.
Tune in to hear psychologist Dr. Angela Plowhead examine the Left’s manipulation. It is truly dangerous. And will lead to more violence and killing. But also hear her solutions to reach out to manipulated seniors and break through their mental blocks.
Keep an eye on Angela. She is running for office in Oregon’s Senate District 10. Her campaign site is Angela4Oregon.com.
Tired of sitting quietly while the Left rampages? You should be. Like any abuser, silence emboldens the Far Left. There are some trainings coming up in the Willamette Valley for conservatives and Christians to learn how to engage and impact their communities. We talk with Scott Allen, the president of the Disciple Nations Alliance who will be leading the training along with Tim Throckmorton, the National Director for Church Engagement & Community Impact for the Family Research Council.
The Far-Left sees your silence about their ideology as permission. And that can and does lead to violence. We are seeing it. And we need to find ways to stop it.
Scott talks to us about the need to get engaged, to not be silent, and also discusses Marxist ideology. The violence we’re seeing now is Neo-Marxism at its worst. (Is there a good side to Marxism?) This trainings will give conservatives, Christians, church leaders, the knowledge and tools to impact their communities.
To learn more, read the workshop flyer and about the trainers (PDFs)
The trainings will be held October 13th, in NE Portland and October 14th in Salem and Corvallis
The events are free to attend. (Donations gladly accepted!)
It’s time. Time to rise up. Not sure where to start? Getting some knowledge is always a good place to start. As long as you can use it.
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Angela’s campaign website is Angela4Oregon.com. You can help her win by making a donation. Every bit helps. *Remember: big donors need to see excitement and support for a candidate before they’ll contribute. So don’t think your donation is too small. It’s not. Because your help can lead to bigger fish.
Get involved, get trained! Stop surrendering to the Far Left. Staying silent gives permission. Learn more about upcoming community impact trainings read the workshop flyer and about the trainers (PDFs). Be sure to share and get the word out!
Show 15-34 Summary: Oregon Democrats are at it again. This week, it’s about prepping for the big special session coming up Friday, August 29th, to stop the Democrats from trying to ram through a massive tax increase disguised as ODOT funding in HB 2025. But is the ODOT tax increase really necessary? We talk with representative Alek Skarlatos about what’s happening and things he has seen as a freshman representative. Including some mismanagement at ODOT he personally knows about.
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Air Dates: August 23 & 24, 2025 | Guest: Alek Skarlatos
This Week – ODOT Tax Increase Special Session
Okay. Let’s start off with the most important thing about this week’s show: take action. Don’t be silent.
Massive Oregon Tax Increase: ODOT Will Penalize Everyone
Some taxes you can avoid. Like sales taxes (and, yes, Oregon has sales taxes, just not on everything). But the ODOT tax increase will impact everyone. If you buy anything, it arrives on a truck. And often, it involves multiple trucks. At each stage, each of those trucks will be paying more. So you will be paying more. If you go to the store in a car, you get personally hit.
And it’s unnecessary. Oregon Republicans came up with a plan to make sure ODOT was fully funded — without raising taxes. Just force ODOT to prioritize its current spending. And stop ODOT”s wasteful spending.
Shouldn’t all wasteful spending in government come to a screeching halt?
ODOT Mismanagement
We welcome back Alek Skarlatos, a freshman representative from Oregon’s HD-4 in Oregon’s southwest. Alek is seeing the session through fresh eyes and it’s not always pretty. We talk about the upcoming special session. And we talk about reforming ODOT. There’s no question it wastes money. And there is even evidence of fraud. (See “fraud” in the show notes below.)
But perhaps the answer to Oregon’s Department of Transportation isn’t in Oregon. It’s across the ocean.
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Don’t be silent. And don’t wait! Get your comments in before Friday’s special session!
Not sure who your legislators are? We’ve got you covered: use this map (search by address is in the top left).
It wouldn’t hurt to let squishy Republican representatives Cyrus Javadi and Kevin Mannix know you want them to vote no. Let the democrats get the blame.
As of our interview with Alek Thursday afternoon, the latest version of HB 2025 hadn’t even been released yet. But it is now. Read the latest draft of HB2025 (PDF).
Looks like fraud: ODOT retroactively changes bids to hide its overspending. “Unaccountable: ODOT covers up cost overruns” (City Observatory, May 22, 2025)
“ODOT also has a practice of “re-baselining” a project—retroactively altering the initial cost estimate to conceal cost increases. …ODOT permits itself to change the baseline construction budget—”re-baselining”— after a project has started construction. This practice allows ODOT staff to retroactively change the base budget for the project, allowing it to claim that the cost of the project hasn’t increased, and hiding cost overruns.”
How is that even legal? If a private business cooked their books like that, it’s hard to imagine how everyone involved not ending up in jail. Pretty sure an accountant would lose their license if they changed budgets after the fact to hide overruns.
Audits reveal ODOT projects from 2017 funding package are over budget and behind schedule (OPB, Feb 20, 2025)
Kotek’s hissy fit: ODOT layoffs announced: Potholes fixes, fire prevention, plowing, camp cleanups take a hit July 7, 2025 (Central Oregon Daily News, July 7, 2025)
ODOT doesn’t have an extra billion dollars after all, which may result in shelved projects (KGW, March 5, 2025)
15-33 Election Integrity Win in Oregon | Next Steps and New Schemes
Show 15-13 Summary: After years and multiple lawsuits, in a surprising turn the fight for election integrity in Oregon finally gets a win. We talk next steps and why it matters with Eric Lee, senior attorney for Judicial Watch’s election integrity team, about the key next step: discovery. What will they look for? And Chuck Wiese on what good elections can mean for Oregon — and what is Oregon already scheming up to get around good election results?.
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Air Dates: August 16 & 17, 2025 | Guests: Eric Lee & Chuck Wiese
This Week – Election Integrity Win — in Oregon?!
there have been multiple lawsuits to bring back some election integrity in Oregon. But, for some reason, rather than welcoming scrutiny, Oregon has fought every lawsuit and effort. “You can’t look” is not a way to build trust. But common sense Oregonians finally got a win.
We welcome back Eric Lee, the senior attorney for Judicial Watch’s Election Integrity Team, to discuss their big win in federal court to get standing, which means the case can now proceed against Oregon to force them to clean up their voter rolls. Oregon’s vo9ter rolls are the dirtiest in the nation. And they are so proud of it, they are willing to go to court to not clean them up.
But Judicial Watch just got standing for the Constitution Party in their lawsuit to force Oregon to clean up those dirty voter rolls. That means the lawsuit can proceed. We talk the next steps and a big one: discovery. What will JW be looking to discover and what can they look for?
Good Elections Matter
We see it on a national level. Good elections, where fraud is prevented, tend to have good results. And Trump is having great results. So we also talk with Chuck Wiese, an I Spy Radio Show fan-favorite, to share his experiences.
Chuck is best known as a meteorologist and fearsome global-warming debunker. But he has also become a political activist in an effort to save his beloved state. Chuck has been involved in multiple election integrity lawsuits but all of which have been rejected for lack of “standing.”
But now that Judicial Watch has standing, what will that mean? The good election results in 2024 where fraud was prevented, are having huge impacts on the Climate Change scam. Which means Democrats are losing money by the 10s and 100s of billions.
Democrat Governor Kotek refuses to give up racist DEI hiring policies (not even to fix roads), transgender, and a host of other woke ideologies. As a result, Oregon stands to lose $15 billion in federal funding.
Chuck talks about what are Oregon Democrats already scheming up to get around good elections.
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“This EO is a powerful start at ensuring American elections are free and fair. As pointed out previously, the EO mandates that the elections systems throughout the country used in US Elections must be in compliance with EAC Version 2.0 guidelines by September 21, 2025”
Christian Group Demands Investigation, Alleges WOKE Energy Corp Funneled $3 BILLION to Radical ‘Diversity’ Projects Instead of Fixing Power Grid (Gateway Pundit, August 9, 2025)
Show 15-31 Summary: We are on a bit of a summer break but with all the breaking news on Russia collusion hoax declassification, we are smashing together two shows from 2020. But you’d swear they were interviews from just days ago. June 2020 the Rod Rosenstein Congressional hearings, when he played Sergeant Shultz (“I know nothink!”) and October 2020 when America got the absolute proof that Russia collusion was truly a hoax. Except the lamestream media ignored it so most people—still!—don’t know anything about it.
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Re-Air Dates: August 2nd & 3rd, 2025 | Guests: John Solomon & Kimberley Hermann
This Week – Russia Collusion Hoax Smashup
We are on a bit of a summer break but with all the breaking news on Russia collusion hoax declassification, we are smashing together two shows from 2020. But you’d swear they were interviews from just days ago. June 2020 the Rod Rosenstein Congressional hearings, when he played Sergeant Shultz (“I know nothink!”) and October 2020 when America got the absolute proof that Russia collusion was truly a hoax. Except the lamestream media ignored it so most people—still!—don’t know anything about it.
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15-30 Russia Collusion Hoax Declassification Reality Check | What Now?
Show 15-30 Summary: Finally, the real truth comes out about the Russia Collusion Hoax. Newly declassified documents from Director of Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, confirm what we have been saying. The evidence finally and truly reveals Obama’s deep involvement in the Russia hoax. But what do the documents actually say? Did he actually direct it? Or just some minions under him? We ask Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, about things to get a reality check. And what now? The word treason is being thrown around. What would it take to get there? And if not treason, what can Obama and his co-conspirators be charged with? Or will democrats once again attack democracy and get away with it?
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Original Air Dates: July 26th & 27th, 2025 | Guest: Mike Howell
This Week – Russia Collusion Hoax Exposed
The Russia collusion hoax evidence was declassified. On one level, it’s not new news. We knew the Obama administration, working with the Hillary Clinton campaign, created and entirely false disinformation campaign to smear candidate Donald Trump with “Russia collusion” to steal the 2016 presidential election.That’s been known since Congressman Devin Nunes went to the White House with the evidence he had seen.And that broke the scandal wide open.
Rather than “Russia collusion” it was quite the opposite. At a White House meeting in July 2016, CIA chief, John Brennan shared what the CIA had learned from Russian sources. Hillary Clinton, in an attempt to distract from her email scandal, planned to smear Trump with “Russia collusion.” Obama, Biden, Susan Rice, and the heads of the intelligence committees leaped into action to give credibility to the smear. Despite knowing that it was a political smear and a lie, James Comey launched the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump three days after that meeting. And the Russia collusion hoax was born.
If you heard our previous shows on disinformation you know this is how disinformation works. There must be a a grain of truth — meaning a grounding in reality. By opening the investigation. Obama, Comey, and their minions in the intelligence community gave that grain of truth to Hillary’s smear. Without which it never would have worked. Think about it. Who in their right mind would trust anything Hillary had to say.
But an FBI investigation into Trump-Russia collusion? And judges issuing FISA warrants? And multiple intelligence agencies all working hard to stop the Russians from interfering in our elections? Suddenly, the dynamics change. Maybe Hillary is on to something. Maybe she’s telling the truth. And maybe she’s a hero, trying to save democracy.All that rather than what it really was. A complete lie. And an attack on democratic elections. Led by democrats.
But what does the declassification and release of all this evidence for conspiracy mean in reality? What now? Trump and Gabbard are both throwing around the word “treason.” Does this rise to treason? If so, what then? If not, what does this conspiracy rise to?
Tune in to find out!
Oversight Project – Russia Hoax Reality Check
We talk with Mike Howell, the president of the Oversight Project. Check out the great work they do to expose corruption at www.itsyourgov.org.
What do the declassified emails and documents actually say? (You can read them yourself; see the links in the show notes section, below.) There is talk of treason.
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Mike Howell is the president of the Oversight Project. They were the ones who exposed Biden’s autopen scandal, a phone associated with Butler shooter tracking to a building with an FBI office, and more. Check out Oversight’s other great investigations at ItsYourGov.org
THIS: We have been saying this for years. John Brennan’s hand written notes revealed everything you need to know about the Russia collusion hoax. It was a lie. And everything that followed from that WH Meeting was a lie.
“For months preceding the 2016 election, the Intelligence Community shared a consensus view: Russia lacked the intent and capability to hack U.S. elections. But weeks after President Trump’s historic 2016 victory defeating Hillary Clinton, everything changed.
Read the declassified info and reports:
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified Evidence from 2016 Russia collusion hoax showing Obama’s direct involvement: DNI, July 18 2025 (PDF)
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified House Intelligence Report: DNI, July 22, 2025 (PDF)
Timeline of the Russia Hoax based on newly declassified evidence from DNI Tulsi Gabbard: DNI, July 18, 2025 (PDF)
Read Hans von Spakovsky’s article mentioned during the show: Could Obama Be Prosecuted Over the Russian Hoax? A Look at the Law (The Daily Signal, July 23, 2025)
Show 15-28 Summary: Not to sound too much like Nancy Pelosi but now that the One Big Beautiful Bill passed, we know what’s in it. It was making a lot of people lose their minds perhaps because they didn’t understand the bill and what could or could not be in it. It’s clear they didn’t read it and listened to the wrong analysts. Which is why it will make people like Elon Musk and his very public temper tantrum look very foolish.
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Air Dates: July 12th & 13th, 2025 | Guest: Jonathan Williams
This Week – The Big Beautiful Bill Passed — Now What?
Nancy Pelosi famously said about Obamacare that “We have to pass it to find out what’s in it.” And now that we have the final version of the Big Beautiful Bill, we do know what’s in it.
But leading up to its final passage, it made a lot of people lose their minds. Legislators should know better but a lot of grassroots did not understand what a reconciliation bill was and how limited they are — just to budget items that affect federal spending or revenue. Which is why it could never be “the one bill” to accomplish everything America First that everyone wanted. So why didn’t the people who ought to have known better say that? Rather than try to sabotage it?
Perhaps they had their own agenda. And, as typical, they wanted something other than what they were saying.
Elon Musk — The Spoiled Kid in the Grocery Store
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By definition, a reconciliation is limited. Not only in terms of what can or can’t be in it but also what budgetary items it can cut. It doesn’t take much to understand that. So someone as smart as Elon had to know that. Which implies then that he wanted something else. And his public shrieking tantrum was calculated. He had to know they couldn’t make the massive cuts he said he wanted. So it’s clear he either didn’t read the bill or listened to the wrong analysts. Or made the calculated move to get attention, blame people, and offer the solution. A third party with the goal to selectively to pick off vulnerable Republicans to be the key swing votes in Congress.
But Elon Musk’s temper tantrum gambit will look pretty foolish when the Big Beautiful Bill succeeds. He’ll not only look like the spoiler but what he is. Spoiled.
How do we know? Hint: everyone was predicting the end of the economic world after Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. Now they’re admitting they were wrong.
The Big Beautiful Bill Reality
Now that the bill was passed and signed, the fury has died down—mostly—we welcome back Jonathan Williams, the president and chief economist at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to get some truth and reality about what was in it. No. It wasn’t perfect. Yes we would have liked more spending cuts.
But while the shrieking and tantruming was happening the detractors missed a key part of the bill. It codified 28 of Trump’s exectutive orders. They’re no longer executive orders, easily undone by the next president with a pen. Now they are law. And, even better, for those demanding more cuts, once the bill was passed and signed, President Trump used his executive power to rescind (cut) spending on key points. Like stopping the green energy credits and Global Warming spending.
But. And here’s the biggest and most overlooked aspect of the Big Beautiful Bill. It doesn’t end here. It’s the beginning.
Did you feel the political ground under you shift? Because unlike so many other big gigantic bills, this was about cutting spending, cutting taxes, and cutting the size and scope of government. And some actual entitlement reforms. When is the last time that happened? Maybe in the 1990s with Newt Gingrich?
And this isn’t some deep red state doing it. This is Washington DC. And it’s just the beginning. There are already plans in the works for two more bills like it to make further cuts and to push more of the America First agenda.
And that’s why, with the Trump Train rolling, people like Elon Musk standing on the platform shrieking about what is not on the train will look pretty foolish as the train pulls away without them.
Rich States, Poor States. Poor Oregon.
We also talk with Jonathan about Oregon’s latest ranking in the 18th edition of Rich States, Poor States. Jonathan is one of its co-authors. For anyone who lives in Oregon, it will come as no surprise that we dropped one point from last year.
But Oregon made some recent economic bungles that have come to light? How bad would it have been for Oregon’s ranking if these had come to light before the latest edition had been released?
Related: Show 15-23 with Jennifer Hamaker – Oregon’s Climate Protection Plan’s planned devastation to Oregon’s economy — conveniently phased in after the 2026 election Show 15-25 with Ed Diehl Oregon’s HB2025, the ODOT tax bill, which would have been the biggest tax increase in Oregon’s history
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Jonathan is the president and chief economist organization at American Legislative Exchange Council. Find out more at ALEC.org.
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See the list: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill codifies 28 executive orders and actions
Steve Moore: Trump just scored the biggest conservative victory in three decades (Fox News, July 10, 2025)
“What isn’t well known is that this new law doesn’t just change tax policy. It includes dozens of other long-sought policy goals – what I call ‘hidden gems’.”
Conservatives say Trump won their megabill votes by promising crackdown on renewable energy credits (Politico, July 3, 2025)
“Hard-line House conservatives said President Donald Trump assured them his administration would take action to constrict wind or solar projects that qualify for Inflation Reduction Act tax credits — a pledge that ultimately persuaded them to back the party’s megabill.” → A promise kept with Trump’s rescission package.
Johnson says megabill will be ‘jet fuel’ for economy; teases 2 future bills within next year (Fox News, July 6, 2025)
Johnson said the BBB is just the first step in a three-tier strategy. Johnson expects a second reconciliation bill by fall and a third by spring before the end of the current Congress. “You’ll see more of us advancing these common-sense principles to deliver that American First agenda”
Trump says U.S. struck trade deal with Vietnam that imposes 20% tariff on its imports (CNBC, July 2, 2025)
U.S. Supreme Court Greenlights Trump’s Federal Government Purge (GWP, July 8, 2025)
In an 8 to 1 ruling the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Clinton-appointed judge’s ruling that temporarily stopped Trump to do mass layoffs. Now his administration can immediately move forward
Sorry Democrats. The BBB Does NOT End Social Security
Within Intel’s manufacturing division, known as Intel Foundry, the company plans to eliminate up to 20 percent of technician, engineer, and researcher positions in its Oregon facilities.
Show 15-26 Summary: Unpacking 1775 reveals why July 4th, 1776, had to happen. Battles of Lexington & Concord—plus the “other” Concord. And the spy who may have leaked details of Gage’s Concord Expedition. In our 15th Annual Fourth of July Show, we zero in on the main villain, General Thomas Gage, the famous Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, spies, and who might have leaked details of Gage’s “Concord Expedition.” There was another “Concord” before those first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord that taught the patriots the lessons they needed to win. Plus, why and how the colonists’ mindset changed from British subjects to American patriots.
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Air Dates: June 28th & 29th, 2025 | Guest: Greg Leo
This Week – Lexington and Concord, Spies, and How Americans Became Patriots
This week it is our Annual 4th of July Show as we are once again joined by Son of the American Revolution and amateur historian, Greg Leo. Next year is the big 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence — but this year has already seen a whole bunch of 250th’s. The year 1775 was incredibly momentous and unpacking what happened during 1775 reveals why July 4th, 1776, had to happen.
Gen. Thomas Gage (see his lovely wife’s portrait below)
On this year’s show, we focus the “arch villain,” General Thomas Gage, Revere’s famous ride, the official start of the Revolution at the battles of Lexington and Concord — and who might have leaked the details of “The Concord Expedition” to the patriots? The lessons the Colonists learned at another “Concord” before Lexington and Concord ever happened taught the patriots what they needed to know to win.
And we look at the mental shift away from British subject to American patriot.
1775’s American Revolution 250th’s are Why 1776 Happened
The battles on April 19, 1775, of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. But there were many critical events in 1775 that shaped shaping the America’s, leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Be sure to check out the many resources in the Show Notes, below! Maps (including a terrific interactive map of Paul Revere’s ride), notes, Paul Revere’s ride in his own words and so much more!
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1775’s Arch Villain: General Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was appointed Royal Governor of Massachusetts in 1774 and tasked by the British Parliament with stamping out rising unrest caused by restrictive British policies.
Gage inflamed tensions between the colonies and the mother country and practiced harsh enforcement of British law. He drafted the Coercive Acts, a series of laws intended to punish colonists for deeds of defiance against the King, such as the Boston Tea Party.
Leading Up to the Battles of Lexington and Concord
The “other” Concord before Lexington and Concord.
What arms were hidden at Concord that the British tried to seize? And did they successfully destroy or capture any of them? Answer via Grok (X’s AI bot)
Margaret Kemble – Was Gage’s Wife an American Spy?
Margaret Kemble (click for full size)
Was a woman the informant who helped launch the American Revolution? (Washington Post, Apr 19, 2025) [Note: not all browsers can open this link to get you past WaPo’s paywall; the Brave browser usually does.]
Probably the best article on the speculation about Margaret Kemble: “Inside one of the biggest conspiracy theories of the American Revolution: That a woman may have kick-started the whole thing” (New York Post, April 19, 2025)
Was Margaret Kemble Gage her Husband’s Worst Enemy at Lexington and Concord? (via Mr Nussbaum)
Show 15-25 Summary: While the federal government and other states are busy improving the business climate by cutting spending and taxes. Oregon Democrats are busy going the opposite direction. Oregon already has an unwelcome, punitive business environment. But elected Democrats are finding inventive new ways to make it even worse. They want to pass the largest tax increase in Oregon’s history, which will hit not just businesses everyday Oregonians and their families. You’ll be ready to vote after this show.
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Air Dates: June 21st & 22nd, 2025 | Guest: State Representative Ed Diehl
This Week – Democrats Burning Oregon Down to Rule Over the Ashes
A general rule in life is, if you’re in a hole, stop digging. Not for Oregon’s democrats. Oregon has among the worst business environments in the nation. Ranking near the bottom in many key areas and near the top in things like tax burden and regulations. While other states are changing their taxes and cutting spending and regulations, Oregon Democrats are tripling down to chase businesses away.
And we’re talking major businesses, mid-size businesses, and mom-and-pop businesses. Dutch Bros (Oregon’s second most valuable company) is moving its headquarters out of Oregon. As is Tektronix — which had been one of Oregon’s best home-grown success stories. They simply cannot afford to stay in Oregon.
But it’s not just taxes and fees and regulations. It’s the overall climate. And we don’t mean the weather. Not only are businesses being punished for being here. Oregon ranks at or near the bottom in its schools. Dead last ion 4th grade reading and math scores. Second to dead last in 8th grade scores.
Given all that (and it’s just tip of the iceberg) what else could Oregon Democrats possibly do to make this situation worse?
Funny you should ask.
Democrats: We’ve Reached Bottom, Let’s Dig Deeper
Yes. If there’s a way to make the situation worse, Oregon’s elected Democrats will find a way. And it’s the largest tax increase in state history. Even larger than the horrid Corporate Activity Tax in 2021. Which punishes business’s sales, not its profits. You can lose money in Oregon and still be taxed. For the “privilege” of doing business here.
Don’t be silent! Visit NoTaxOR.com to easily send a letter to your representative and senator and demand they stop the insanity of HB2025.
Press release: largest tax increase ever (click for full size)
We welcome back Representative Ed Diehl (HD-17) to talk about what’s been happening in Oregon’s disastrous 2025 legislative session. The worst being HB2025, the transportation bill. It will raise at least $15.5 billion over 10 years. Unless every Oregonian family and business just packs up and leaves.
Maybe that’s Democrats’ goal?
There is some good news. The carbon cap and trade scheme we discussed two weeks ago (Show 15-23, Democrats Assisting Oregon’s Suicide — with Republicans’ Help) is not in HB2025. The three republicans found some common sense again—thank you, I Spy Radio listeners for applying the heat!—and pulled their support. Make no mistake. That is a major victory.
We also talk with Ed about what will it finally take for everyday Democrats to connect their vote to the ruin that elected Democrats are causing. Can anything? Or are they too willing to die on Woke Hill? Is this a step too far, even for Oregon Democrat voters? Finally?
Maybe. But with Judicial Watch’s voter roll lawsuit against the State of Oregon, along with additional federal scrutiny, that might be changing.
Tune in. You’ll be ready to vote after this show.
Want to know what really happened at the Judicial Watch hearing in Eugene? You can read Mark Anderson’s take on the hearing on this Facebook post. And you can read how the Oregonian got it wrong and mischaracterized what happened on this Facebook post.
Show 15-25 Addendum
Note 1: After our show, Democrat leadership pulled a dirty trick. Senate President, Rob Wagner, yanked Senator Mark Meeks, off his committee because he was against HB2025, and claimed Meek’s seat for himself to pass the bill out of committee. Democrats hate democracy. Here’s one of their leaders not liking how a Democrat would vote so he yanked him to prevent him from voting. Really? That’s how desperate Oregon Democrats are to raise taxes on Oregonians.
Note 2: during the show, host Mark Anderson got his elected positions flipped, referring to Meeks as a representative and Paul Evans as a senator. Those should be vice versa. (He hangs his head in shame.)
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Show Notes: Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info
Links/Articles Mentioned
Visit NoTaxOregon.com (aka NoTaxOR.com) to easily send a letter to your representative and senator to demand they stop the insanity of HB2025.
Democratic Oregon House members celebrate Black drag performers, as nearly all Republicans boycott (OregonLive, June 19, 2025)
Democrat Representative John Lively acknowledged that Democrats’ billion-dollar-per-year transportation tax package would likely fail if put to Oregon voters
That Business Survey: Other states are trying to lure Oregon businesses away. A recent study says it’s working (KGW, May 13, 2025)
California’s Medicaid shell game steals from U.S. taxpayers and spends proceeds on illegal aliens. Laundering $4 billion/year for free healthcare for Illegals. (Citizen Free Press, May 18, 2025)
KNOWiNK, now two years behind schedule to update Oregon’s voting system, ORVIS, and nearly $1 Million dollars over budget, forced Oregon to revert to using its highly unreliable and out of date voter registration system for the 2024 elections, when Oregon’s democrats won super majority
Oregon moves closer to law requiring carbon neutral public retirement plan (Capital Chronicle, June 16, 2025)* House Bill 2081, a bill to codify Oregon State Treasury’s 2023 “Net-Zero” plan into law, passed the Oregon Senate on Monday June 16th in an 18 to 10 vote with Republican Dick Anderson, voting with Democrats.
