Autism Crisis, AI Surveillance, and the Coming Renewable Energy Failure

On Monday, May 12, 2025, Kim Monson explored the rising autism crisis with Dr. Brian Joondeph, examined Colorado surveillance legislation with citizen watchdog Mike Rawluk, analyzed renewable energy failures with Steve Goreham of the Climate Science Coalition of America, and previewed the USMC Memorial Foundation golf tournament with Marine veteran Paula Sarlls.

AI Surveillance and Privacy Concerns

Start listening at 16:04 – Hour 1

Mike Rawluk reports on Senate Bill 25-011, the AI wildfire detection bill that remains stuck in appropriations. The bill would enable surveillance cameras across rural Colorado under the guise of fire prevention. Rawluk explains how this legislation raises serious Fourth Amendment concerns, citing the Carpenter v. U.S. case and Institute for Justice lawsuits challenging similar surveillance programs in Virginia.

The discussion expanded to Flock license plate cameras now deployed in Denver and Longmont. Rawluk questions the logic of expanding surveillance technology while the legislature simultaneously passes soft-on-crime measures. He also addressed local zoning battles over psilocybin mushroom facilities, noting that Boulder implemented a 500-foot setback requirement that other communities could adopt.

“At what point does storing data and then looking backwards for a crime constitute an illegal search under the Fourth Amendment?”

Mike Rawluk, Citizen Watchdog

Medical Establishment’s Silence on Autism

Start listening at 32:20 – Hour 1

Brian Joondeph, a physician and writer for American Thinker and Rasmussen Reports, exposes what he calls an ignored medical crisis. Autism rates have increased a hundredfold over two generations, from 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 30 children. Joondeph argues this explosion warrants serious investigation rather than dismissive explanations about improved diagnosis or genetic factors.

The medical establishment’s reluctance to examine potential causes, including vaccines, food additives, and environmental toxins, reflects the same institutional capture exposed during COVID. Joondeph recounts having his medical license threatened for questioning masks and lockdowns during the pandemic, questions now vindicated by evidence. He remains hopeful that new leadership at public health agencies, including Bobby Kennedy’s promised autism report in September, will finally pursue honest answers.

“How can you know what it’s not, but you have no idea what’s causing it?”

Brian Joondeph, Physician and Writer

Republican Coalition Shifts

Start listening at 47:54 – Hour 1

Dr. Joondeph also analyzed surprising polling data showing Hispanic support for Trump at 58 percent, the highest of any demographic group. This reflects a fundamental realignment where Republicans are becoming the party of the working class while Democrats increasingly represent coastal elites and the laptop class. The economic impact of illegal immigration and inflation affects working families across all backgrounds, driving this coalition shift.

“Hispanic Americans that are here legally, that are working, that have jobs, they don’t like paying taxes for illegal immigration either.”

Brian Joondeph, Physician and Writer

Renewable Energy’s Cascading Failures

Start listening at 70:00 – Hour 2

Steve Goreham, executive director of the Climate Science Coalition of America and author of Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure, analyzed the catastrophic power outage that left 60 million people in Spain and Portugal without electricity for up to 18 hours. Unlike traditional power plants with spinning turbines that continue generating during disruptions, wind and solar systems crash instantaneously when grid instability occurs.

Goreham identifies three fundamental problems with renewable energy: it requires 100 times the land area of traditional power plants, costs more, and operates intermittently. He introduced the concept of climatism, an ideology driving policies that sacrifice grid reliability for theoretical climate benefits. U.S. power outages have already doubled in the past decade, rising from 3.5 hours annually per user to 5-7 hours. The Trump administration’s cuts to climate programs at NASA, NOAA, and the EPA represent a necessary correction toward sensible energy policy.

“But the big problem that is happening is that wind and solar are not synchronous systems.”

Steve Goreham, Executive Director, Climate Science Coalition of America

USMC Memorial Foundation Golf Tournament

Start listening at 102:25 – Hour 2

Paula Sarlls, president of the USMC Memorial Foundation, Marine veteran, and Gold Star wife, promoted the second annual Memorial Golf Tournament at The Ridge at Castle Pines North on Thursday, May 15. Two 100-year-old Iwo Jima veterans, Al Jennings and Jim Blaine, will attend for lunch. Sarlls also announced that a survivor of the USS Pueblo capture, Bob Chico, will speak at the Memorial Day ceremony.

“We have our two 100-year-old Iwo Jima friends have told me that they plan to be there: Al Jennings and Jim Blaine.”

Paula Sarlls, President, USMC Memorial Foundation