
Tactical Civics and the Founders Vision for Local Governance
Connecting the Dots w/Dan Happel
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Show Notes
1. Tactical Civics Overview
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Seeks to re-establish local citizen oversight over government functions
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Focus on accountability through reactivation of county grand juries and county militias
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Rooted in constitutional authority and original intent of America’s founding documents
2. Four-Step Plan to Restore Constitutional Governance
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Step 1: Build county chapters across all 3,165 counties
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Step 2: Establish citizen grand juries and county militias by ordinance
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Step 3: Ratify a pending constitutional amendment to limit congressional districts to 50,000 people (over 6,000 districts)
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Step 4: Enact the "Bring Congress Home Act" to localize congressional work and eliminate D.C. perks
3. Grand Juries & Militias
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Grand juries investigate local government misconduct without interference
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County militias serve as the enforcement arm of grand juries (e.g., serving subpoenas, making arrests)
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Emphasized as lawful, community-based, and historically grounded
4. Founding Principles Revisited
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Strong emphasis on unalienable rights, self-governance, and the Constitution as a “rule book”
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Citizens should view government employees as their subordinates
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Responsibility must accompany freedom
5. Critique of Modern Governance
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Government overreach, centralization, and dependence highlighted as root problems
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Criticism of civil asset forfeiture, D.C. lobbying, federal bureaucracy, and the Patriot Act
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Example: Red flag laws seen as unconstitutional in states like Pennsylvania
6. Call to Action
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Citizens must stop outsourcing responsibility and re-engage in their civic duties
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Tactical Civics provides a clear, actionable roadmap for restoring the Republic
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People urged to visit tacticalcivics.com and join local chapters
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“We hired folks to do our government—but we never inspect their work.”
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“If you don’t do it, who will?”
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“You’re not teaching your kids this stuff? That’s on you.”
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Now We Rise (primer book, available as PDF)
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The People’s Panel: The Grand Jury in the U.S. from 1634–1941
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The Federalist Papers
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Pocket Constitution