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The New Guards
Has Trump Improved His Rhetoric? | Episode 51 of The New Guards Podcast
Richie addresses a fundamental misconception about our style of government. Next, is Trump on the right track to win Richie's vote in 2020? Finally, if you want to listen to awesome music by a band that won't back down from a conservative position, check out...
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Not a Democratic Republic
It goes without saying that the United States of America is not a direct democracy but a republic. More than that, as I showed with a new quote every day for literally months on Twitter, the Founders despised democracy. They called it, among other things, the “most...
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One Term, Three Justices? | Episode 50 of The New Guards Podcast
The 50th episode! Thank you to everyone who's supported The New Guards in the last year and a half. Richie discusses how to understand the source of disagreements and examines the history of presidents who've nominated three or more Supreme Court justices in their...
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The Lawsuit of Politics
No matter the claim, parties, jurisdiction, or legal issue, every legal proceeding in civil or criminal law has three basic components at its core: the law, the facts, and the application of the law to the facts. Everything revolves around these three pillars. One...
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Free Speech for Students | Episode 49 of The New Guards Podcast
Richie discusses birthright citizenship, students' right to protest, and whether Halloween is evil (it's not). Monologue: Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof Tinker...
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“Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof”
President Trump announced last week that he’s considering an executive order that would ban birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. Can he do it? I have some thoughts about what the law should be, but let’s not talk about that right now. What...
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Fighting Liberals | Episode 48 of The New Guards Podcast
It's one thing to settle for progress in increments; it's another to abandon your principles just for the sake of a good fight. Richie discusses the sudden burst of Lindsey Graham fever under the "he fights!" banner and what conservatives can do to make the best of an...
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Conservatives Have Forgotten Why They Opposed Trump
Conservatives have forgotten why they opposed President Trump in 2016, and in doing so have forgotten what makes them conservatives in the first place. I have a parable to explain how. I once gave this example on The New Guards Podcast (which you should obviously...
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Thanks to Elizabeth Warren, I Now Choose to Live as a Black Man
Thanks to the recent revelation of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s DNA, I have concluded that my claim as a black American is valid. According to analysis done by Carlos D. Bustamante, a professor at Stanford University and expert in tracking population migration through...
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