On the Friday, June 20, 2025 broadcast, Kim Monson welcomed Rich Wyatt to discuss threats to free speech and assembly in Jefferson County, Daniel Turner to detail his congressional testimony on unauthorized Biden-era energy executive orders, Alicia Garcia on urgent Second Amendment legislation, and Professor Kurt Gerwitz for a wide-ranging conversation on artificial intelligence, data privacy, and the legacy of American liberty.
Rich Wyatt, chair of the Jefferson County Republicans and retired police officer, exposed how radical extremists have pressured venues to cancel conservative events. Wyatt described threats and intimidation campaigns targeting his Second Amendment Saturday firearms training seminar at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, where organizers were told they would need $25,000 to $30,000 in security costs including 15 deputies, a sergeant, and a SWAT team. The same tactics forced the relocation of a Steve Bannon speaking event from two separate venues.
Wyatt explained the Jefferson County GOP has responded by moving to a secret location revealed only to ticket holders the night before the June 28 event. He connected the venue cancellation pressure to a broader pattern of suppressing conservative voices while left-wing street protests devolve into riots and property destruction. Wyatt also highlighted the party’s efforts to engage young people and challenge school board leadership in Jefferson County.
“It’s just aggravating to us, and I’m sure to you and your listeners, that this is the world we’ve come to today where the left has taken up to illegal activities in order to cancel freedom of speech and stop Americans from doing things that they want to do.”
Rich Wyatt, Chair, Jefferson County Republicans
Daniel Turner, founder and executive director of Power the Future, detailed his testimony before the House Oversight Committee’s DOGE subcommittee on how Biden-era climate executive orders were signed via auto-pen without evidence of presidential involvement. Turner identified eight major executive orders, including the January 2024 pause on liquid natural gas exports, the ban on oil and gas drilling off the continental shelf covering 500-plus million acres, and the cancellation of drilling in Alaska’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Turner emphasized that these orders devastated small, family-owned energy businesses across America, not just major corporations. The LNG export pause funded Russia’s war in Ukraine as European nations turned to Russian gas through intermediaries, and became the deciding issue in Pennsylvania’s Senate race where Bob Casey lost after 18 years. Turner also recounted his confrontation with Rep. Greg Casar during testimony after Casar referenced a mass shooting and told witnesses “what goes around comes around.” The hearing examined billions in climate-related funding to nonprofits, including a $2 billion contract awarded to Stacey Abrams’ newly created organization.
“Because of the damage they did to real people, we as an organization are not going to rest until they’re held accountable. And that means hopefully in jail, because it was criminal to impersonate the president.”
Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director, Power the Future
Alicia Garcia of the Second Syndicate urged listeners to contact their representatives about including the SHORT Act and the Hearing Protection Act in the Big Beautiful Bill before weekend parliamentary discussions. The SHORT Act would remove short-barreled rifles and shotguns from National Firearms Act restrictions, while the Hearing Protection Act would deregulate suppressors. Garcia explained that without Sections 3 and 4 of the Hearing Protection Act, Coloradans could lose access to suppressors due to overlapping state legislation.
Garcia provided a detailed technical explanation of how suppressors function, comparing them to vehicle mufflers that disperse gases through internal baffles to reduce sound. She described the founding of the Second Syndicate by herself and business partners Teddy and Rocia Collins of Spartan Defense as a grassroots response to national organizations neglecting Colorado’s Second Amendment battles. The organization focuses on education, lobbying, and electing pro-Second Amendment candidates to state offices.
“We need patriots that are actually for the people representing us in these positions that are favorable to our civil rights, which we don’t have right now.”
Alicia Garcia, Co-Founder, The Second Syndicate
Kurt Gerwitz, professor and financial educator, explored the intersection of AI, surveillance capitalism, and personal liberty. Gerwitz traced the history of government data collection from AT&T’s dual information pipelines feeding the NSA to modern AI capabilities that can now filter and analyze data about individual citizens. He argued that while the technology to build profiles on every American has existed for years, AI dramatically improves the ability to search and make sense of that data.
Kim raised the alarm about longitudinal data collection on students through the education system and proposed that citizens should own their personal data. Gerwitz endorsed the idea, pointing to Europe’s GDPR framework and proposing a constitutional amendment on privacy as his generation’s contribution. He explained how surveillance capitalism powers the business models of Google and Facebook, and how data ownership would force these companies to pivot. The conversation shifted to legacy, with Gerwitz challenging listeners to consider what they want said about them at their 85th birthday, connecting financial stewardship to long-term thinking. He highlighted the Founding Fathers’ legacy, particularly John Hancock’s bold signature on the Declaration of Independence, as a model for courageous action.
“I want to live in America where to be surveilled, there has to be a, between the cop who wants to do that and me, there needs to be a judge.”
Kurt Gerwitz, Professor and Financial Educator
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