Constitutional Liberty and Border Security Under Siege

On September 13, 2024, Marc Auville, Ron Paul, and Chris Harris joined the show. Previewed the 13th annual Grand Lake US Constitution Week celebration, highlighting speakers including Ron Paul as keynote and Holly Case on free speech rights Argued that America faces moral and financial bankruptcy, with both parties agreeing on policies that undermine constitutional limits and inflate the currency Detailed the scale of.

Grand Lake Constitution Week Preview

Start listening at 18:16 – Hour 1

Marc Auville, organizer of Grand Lake US Constitution Week, previews the 13th annual celebration of America’s founding document. The week-long event runs September 16-22 and features speakers including Holly Case, who fought legal battles to protect free speech after canvassing questions following the 2020 election. The main event on September 21st includes a parade, flyover, and fireworks over Grand Lake.

“It’s a week-long event, so it takes quite a bit of logistics and planning.”

Marc Auville, Grand Lake US Constitution Week Organizer

The Moral Foundation of Constitutional Government

Start listening at 25:55 – Hour 1

Ron Paul, former Republican congressman from Texas and chairman of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, argues that America faces not just financial bankruptcy but moral bankruptcy. The Constitution, recognized as the greatest political document protecting individual liberties, has been under siege since the founding. Both parties, Paul contends, agree on the major issues that drain the treasury: the Federal Reserve, interventionist foreign policy, and fiat currency.

Paul draws a clear moral line: if individuals cannot steal from their neighbors to meet their needs, neither can government agents act on their behalf. The inflation tax, he warns, represents the most sinister form of theft because it operates quietly while devaluing the currency. When government borrows a million dollars and pays it back with money worth half as much, citizens bear the hidden cost.

Despite the grim assessment, Paul expresses optimism. More people understand Federal Reserve operations today than when he first entered Congress in 1976. The three major networks have lost their grip on information, and the internet, despite its challenges, has democratized the spread of liberty-minded ideas.

“That would be a good start, you know, for the people who are there.”

Ron Paul, Former Congressman and Chairman, Ron Paul Institute

Border Crisis Fuels Venezuelan Gang Activity in Aurora

Start listening at 76:53 – Hour 2

Chris Harris, retired Border Patrol agent and former union official, reveals the staggering scale of the border crisis. Approximately 11 million encounters and apprehensions have occurred in the past three years and eight months, nearly double Colorado’s entire population. The parole system, originally designed for case-by-case humanitarian exceptions, now processes 30,000 people monthly from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela.

Harris connects the dots between open borders and the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua terrorizing Aurora apartment complexes. A 10-page investigation by law firm Perkins Coie, commissioned by a bank involved with affected properties, confirms gang takeovers despite officials attempting to gaslight residents. Venezuela, which designated Tren de Aragua a transnational criminal organization, refuses to share criminal records, making vetting impossible.

The threat extends beyond street crime. Harris recounts responding to Chinese nationals probing Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, where nuclear aircraft carriers are homeported. A 40-year-old woman in a vehicle of giggling younger women displayed the stone-faced demeanor of an intelligence operative. Conservative estimates suggest at least 11,000 terrorists, military operatives, and intelligence agents have entered among the millions, with 3-4 million additional “gotaways” who actively evaded capture.

“Every person has a right to lock the door in their house and decide who comes in and who doesn’t. Every nation state has that same authority, and we’ve just opened the door and said, everybody, come on in, stay here with my family, sleep in my daughter’s room. It’s all good.”

Chris Harris, Retired Border Patrol Agent