Nick Gillespie

I know. I agree. And, you know, and I'll say, you know, because you brought this up. You had a really good and powerful and instructive moment when you were raising questions about the lab leak theory on the, you know, on Stephen Colbert show.

I know. I agree. And, you know, and I'll say, you know, because you brought this up. You had a really good and powerful and instructive moment when you were raising questions about the lab leak theory on the, you know, on Stephen Colbert show.

And again, it's like what we found under Biden, and I suspect if you go back far enough, there was some of this under Trump and under Obama and Bush and back before the FCC, all of this stuff, but where the government was actively leaning on people to say, do not permit this discussion or tamp it down, etc., Have they ever not? Less now than ever.

And again, it's like what we found under Biden, and I suspect if you go back far enough, there was some of this under Trump and under Obama and Bush and back before the FCC, all of this stuff, but where the government was actively leaning on people to say, do not permit this discussion or tamp it down, etc., Have they ever not? Less now than ever.

And this is one of the things, to bring it back to Trump, he signed an executive order saying that nobody in his administration should be trying to shut down conversation on social media. Does he mean that?

And this is one of the things, to bring it back to Trump, he signed an executive order saying that nobody in his administration should be trying to shut down conversation on social media. Does he mean that?

Yeah. So what I will say, and again, this is, you know, I didn't vote for Trump. I voted for the libertarian candidate because, you know, why not? But Trump will be ineffective. He's not going to actually jail people.

Yeah. So what I will say, and again, this is, you know, I didn't vote for Trump. I voted for the libertarian candidate because, you know, why not? But Trump will be ineffective. He's not going to actually jail people.

Yeah. It's terrible. No, it's not all that matters, but it is bad and he should be called out for it. I mean, in a way, Trump, in a way, his whole career, his whole politics career is the triumph Of talkback, you know, of telling the system, go fuck yourself, because nobody wanted him. The Republicans didn't want him originally. Nobody wanted him.

Yeah. It's terrible. No, it's not all that matters, but it is bad and he should be called out for it. I mean, in a way, Trump, in a way, his whole career, his whole politics career is the triumph Of talkback, you know, of telling the system, go fuck yourself, because nobody wanted him. The Republicans didn't want him originally. Nobody wanted him.

So in a way, he personifies a world in which we are freer than ever to just say, fuck it, I'm doing whatever I want. Unless it's against him. Yeah, as president, it is an awful thing.

So in a way, he personifies a world in which we are freer than ever to just say, fuck it, I'm doing whatever I want. Unless it's against him. Yeah, as president, it is an awful thing.

And when you look at governors, DeSantis did this, Greg Abbott in Texas did this too, where they started writing laws that were tailored to screw over social media companies they didn't like because they thought they were censoring conservative voices, which turned out not to be true.

And when you look at governors, DeSantis did this, Greg Abbott in Texas did this too, where they started writing laws that were tailored to screw over social media companies they didn't like because they thought they were censoring conservative voices, which turned out not to be true.

Yeah. And you could argue they didn't have to maybe, but it's all bad. Like any, anytime the government, you know, you know, Congress shall make no law, you know, a bridging speech. That's it. Like, and that, that, that should be the case at the state level too. And all of that.

Yeah. And you could argue they didn't have to maybe, but it's all bad. Like any, anytime the government, you know, you know, Congress shall make no law, you know, a bridging speech. That's it. Like, and that, that, that should be the case at the state level too. And all of that.

i don't necessarily know that that's what they're doing it feels awfully inefficient the way they're doing it but well and it's a it's a real mix of uh you know for me the biggest problems with trump as a figure were had to do with immigration policy and tariffs um and you know he's just categorically awful you would not a libertarian would not be protectionist in terms of you even made the point earlier in terms of cars

i don't necessarily know that that's what they're doing it feels awfully inefficient the way they're doing it but well and it's a it's a real mix of uh you know for me the biggest problems with trump as a figure were had to do with immigration policy and tariffs um and you know he's just categorically awful you would not a libertarian would not be protectionist in terms of you even made the point earlier in terms of cars

I mean, is there a sports league that got worse after blacks were allowed to play? No, and in every possible way, right? It's just like you were walling off a huge source of powerful possibilities.

I mean, is there a sports league that got worse after blacks were allowed to play? No, and in every possible way, right? It's just like you were walling off a huge source of powerful possibilities.