Coordinated Attacks on Constitutional Rights and Bodily Autonomy

On March 2, 2023, Kim Monson examines a disturbing pattern of government overreach across multiple fronts. State Representative Scott Bottoms sounds the alarm on Colorado’s coordinated legislative attack on Second Amendment rights, while former Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley exposes the Biden administration’s lawless assault on Western energy independence. Leslie Manookian of Health Freedom Defense Fund reveals shocking evidence of vaccine coercion in professional sports and its potential consequences for athlete health.

Biden Administration’s War on Western Energy

Start listening at 32:33 – Hour 1

William Perry Pendley, former acting director of the Bureau of Land Management under the Trump administration, joins Kim to discuss the Biden administration’s systematic assault on American energy independence and the troubling return of race-based government policies.

Pendley shares his landmark 1995 Supreme Court victory in Adarand Constructors v. Pena, which established that government cannot discriminate based on race in awarding contracts. Despite this constitutional precedent, he observes that the Biden administration has returned to race-based decision-making across the federal government, from cabinet appointments to air traffic controller hiring, raising serious safety concerns about near-collision incidents being investigated by the FAA.

On energy policy, Pendley reveals that Biden killed federal oil and gas leasing during his first week in office and has continued to defy federal court orders mandating lease sales. He notes that you have to go back to the Truman administration to find one that did less for oil and gas development. Pendley recommends Alex Epstein’s book “Fossil Future” as essential reading on why human flourishing requires more, not less, fossil fuel development.

“Biden killed federal oil and gas leasing the first week he was in office, saying we’re not going to issue any more oil and gas leases. You have to go all the way back to the Truman administration to find an administration that did less on oil and gas development than Biden has.”

William Perry Pendley, Former Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management

Exposing Vaccine Coercion in Professional Sports

Start listening at 68:30 – Hour 2

Leslie Manookian, founder of Health Freedom Defense Fund, joins Kim to discuss alarming evidence of vaccine-related cardiac events in athletes and the organization’s efforts to engage the NFL Players Association on this critical health issue.

Manookian presents startling statistics: historically, there were approximately 29 athletic cardiac deaths worldwide per year, but in January 2022 alone, there were 89 reported athletic deaths in the United States. The Florida Surgeon General recently reported a 1,700% increase in adverse event reports and a 4,400% increase in life-threatening reports to VAERS since the vaccine rollout, far exceeding the 400% increase in total vaccinations.

Health Freedom Defense Fund sent a letter to the NFLPA requesting dialogue about implementing cardiac screening protocols for players, citing eight scientific studies documenting vaccine-related myocarditis and pericarditis. The request was ignored, echoing the NFL’s years-long cover-up of chronic traumatic encephalopathy documented in the film “Concussion.” Manookian reveals that sources inside NFL franchises confirm the league knows about players collapsing in training camps but remains silent. She calls for transparency and informed consent, emphasizing that experimental medical products cannot legally be mandated.

“I 100% stand for informed consent, which means that you have the right to bodily autonomy and to make all decisions about what you put into your body free of coercion, threat, bullying, anything. These players did not exercise voluntary informed consent because it was not free of coercion or threat.”

Leslie Manookian, Founder, Health Freedom Defense Fund

Legislative Assault on Second Amendment Rights

Start listening at 17:25 – Hour 1

In this segment, Representative Scott Bottoms joins Kim to discuss a coordinated attack on Second Amendment rights unfolding at the Colorado State Capitol. Bottoms explains that multiple bills have been strategically introduced to encircle and dismantle constitutional gun rights, rather than addressing legitimate safety concerns.

The legislation includes expanded red flag laws that Bottoms warns could be weaponized politically, age restrictions requiring citizens to be 21 before owning a rifle despite the military training 17-year-olds on weapons, and restrictions on discharging firearms on private property. Most concerning, Bottoms reveals that an assault weapons ban is expected to drop once legislators gauge public reaction to the current slate of bills.

Bottoms emphasizes that the fundamental purpose of the Second Amendment extends beyond personal protection to protecting citizens from tyrannical government, making these coordinated attacks particularly alarming. He calls on citizens to attend Capitol hearings and testify directly to legislators rather than simply sending emails that may go unread.

“The reason that I need to have the right to own a gun is directly from the Constitution that says I have to protect myself from a tyrannical government. Well, then we see all these millions, hundreds of millions of dollars that are flowing from a government down through the system to keep us from having arms. That’s a scary plan. That’s an agenda.”

Scott Bottoms, Colorado State Representative, House District 15