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With every conservative now pushed out of this administration, it is essentially Obama’s third term on most aspects of foreign policy. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we dissect the essence of this administration’s foreign policy and prove that Obama’s dyslexic foreign policy priorities are continuing. We suck heavy resources down the drains of Islamic civil wars while refusing to use soft power where it is more effective. We are helping our enemies with our own military while alienating allies. We are threatening to cut off aid to Sisi in Egypt while continuing aid to Lebanese [Hezbollah] military and to UNRWA. We are doing more for Iran than they could possibly pay us for, yet we are doing it for free and with the lives and resources of our military. At the same time, Trump is allying with Erdogen and dumping on the Kurds, while promoting the unreliable Afghani government. One could not possibly conjure up a more backwards foreign policy. And as we demonstrate, the generals are just as much a part of the problem, several of whom are now in civilian leadership. Show links Why the Afghanistan strategy doesn’t add up Trump admin refused to cut $300 million to Pro-Hamas UN Agency, but cuts off aid to Egypt General admits we are helping Iran and Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Policy doesn’t fit on a bumper sticker. This is doubly true for Afghanistan. Those who unquestionably support the effort to double-down on the current Afghanistan disaster while saying this is somehow a new strategy are not paying attention to what’s going on in the theater. In this blockbuster episode of the Conservative Conscience, we invite Capt. Jarrin Jackson to discuss the reality on the ground in Afghanistan. Using his war stories as a company commander during the height of the previous surge, he demonstrates why, by definition, what we are likely to do is more dangerous and costly nation building that needlessly risks the lives of our troops in pursuit of a utopian goal. While the president’s address was clearly aimed at appeasing conservatives by focusing on counter-terrorism and not nation building, the conditions were too ambiguous. And given that the generals and the administration staff implementing this policy are all part of the problem, we are headed for the same results as the 2011 surge. Jarrin, who is running for Congress, left the military because he was so frustrated about the political and military leadership not putting our interests first, following the Constitution, and having the proper regard for the lives of the troops under their command. Key quote: Today’s generals are more political than politicians.” ~ Jarrin Jackson Show links Welcome to the new Afghanistan policy – same as the old What the political and military leaders don’t appreciate about sacrificing the lives of our troops Why Jarrin is challenging Mullin in Oklahoma 5 gigantic holes in the current Afghanistan plan 3 questions the president should ask his generals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Bannon, the great solar eclipse, and Flight 93, oh my! We cover it all and you will see how it ties together. Following the departure of Steve Bannon, there is really nothing left for anyone on the right in this administration – whether you are a constitutionalist or someone who just wants to drain the swamp. Sure, Trump will continue to tantalize us with his rhetoric but there are literally no personnel left in the administration to sustain those views. Now is the time to unite behind an exciting an innovative platform and set of principles that are built upon our timeless constitutional values, albeit applied in a way that relates to a broad array of the country to confront today’s challenges. We conclude by discussing how to go about starting a new party. Show links The flight 93 essay that I believe was wrong and right on certain points The personnel in this administration have no plans to leave and are the worst of the swamp Wake up: The Trump revolution is over Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is it that we see the rise of a phony alt-right movement and the media obsession with it? Well, those conservatives who are so obsessed with criticizing it are responsible for its rise. The vacuum left by a truly constitutional movement that actually believes in fighting for what it espouses, rather than collecting website clicks and money, would have preempted the rise of such a movement. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we discuss how the conservative “smart set” ignoring Judge Roy Moore is emblematic of what is wrong with them and why the Republican voters turned away from their brand. It’s why some people are unfortunately attracted to some voices that might identify the problems accurately but are headed in the wrong direction. When confronted with a destructive cultural Marxist agenda, the phony conservative movement did nothing to counter it with Godly and constitutional principles. Thus, our side wants a revolution. Some of us want an American revolution, but sadly many will be attracted to a French Revolution because they are so desperate for leadership. Support for a man like Roy Moore offers a true opportunity to stand beyond this false dichotomy of the status quo or a French Revolution, yet these people who say they want something more than Trump refused to stand with him. Key Quote "We must be good again before we can be great. And we will never be good again without God." ~ Judge Roy Moore Show links The dumb and dangerous war on monuments The entire Democrat Party is now the alt left Poll: voters overwhelmingly reject ripping out monuments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once again, we have another tragedy in this country that becomes a political football. Everything, from tragedies and mayhem to sports and weather must become political. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we discuss the solution to reconciliation in this country: localism. Because everything is dealt with on a federal level and because we have such a polarized country, everything has become a flashpoint, even issues or events that would otherwise stand above politics. By restructuring our system of government to federalism we will be able to self-sort and enjoy self-government to each group’s linking in their respective areas while preserving national unity on the issues that need to be dealt with at a federal level, such as combating North Korea. Key quotes “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State. The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security. As the former periods will probably bear a small proportion to the latter, the State governments will here enjoy another advantage over the federal government. The more adequate, indeed, the federal powers may be rendered to the national defense, the less frequent will be those scenes of danger which might favor their ascendancy over the governments of the particular States.” ~ James Madison, Federalist 45 Show links Outline of how to fight North Korea Left-wing government doesn’t enforce law against violent protesters Trump’s amnesty is a bigger problem than any twitter statement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No, Mr. President, the 60-vote threshold did not prevent you from supporting conservatives in Alabama, from firing McMaster, from ending the Iran deal, from getting rid of DACA, or from signing bad budgets and debt ceilings. Trump doesn’t need to get rid of the filibuster to stop taking in the refugees or to reject Australia’s refugee deal. The point is there is so much the president can do unilaterally to match his rhetoric and campaign promises with actions, but sometimes he is just his own worst enemy. In this action-packed episode of the Conservative Conscience, we discuss everything from the Alabama Senate race and McMaster to Trump continuing Obama’s multiple amnesty programs. On issue after issue, Trump can accomplish so much if he just hired personnel that shared his campaign vision. Finally, we discuss a vision for dealing with North Korea and how it fits into our broader foreign policy and military mistakes. We have wasted so much time, money, hardware, lives, deterrent, and political capital by getting involved in endless sinkholes refereeing Islamic civil wars in the Middle East. This has hurt our deterrent and resolve to use our military for when it is needed most – to combat or deter conventional threats from nation states like China, North Korea, and Iran when they directly threaten our interests. The Islamic Jihad issue (minus Iran) is mainly an immigration, intelligence, counter-terrorism, and values problem, not a military problem. The military needs to be re-oriented to deal with military threats. Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan do not qualify. Further involvement there just hurts our deterrent against China and North Korea, which we will have to confront sooner or later. **Please fill-out this survey on our podcast so we can help grow this great audience and spread the truth** Show links ZOA’s case against McMaster Why Trump’s defense of McMaster is indefensible Trump’s swims with the swamp in Alabama Trump’s negotiation tactic with North Korea is good. He should apply it to Schumer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we first tackle the importance of firing H.R. McMaster and how Trump is his own worst enemy when it comes to personnel and order in the White House. We also delve into the opportunity we have for a new vision on immigration and health care but how it’s being squandered either by Trump’s distractions or by the rotten Republican leadership. Finally, we discuss the race of the decade that is right on our doorstep – the Alabama Senate race. Will conservatives take yes for an answer? The stars appear to be aligning for Judge Roy Moore, but conservatives must prepare for a massive smear operation in the runoff. If we can pull this off, it will represent the closest thing to starting a new party. This is a man who is actually everything in practice what we tout in rhetoric. Show links Poll Showing Roy Moore way ahead and by far the most liked candidate DACA “Dreamer” rapes and tortures a young woman Why the Raise Act is true immigration reform The English language and assimilation Jews can’t build synagogue in Sydney because…Muslims! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Solutions, solutions, solutions! The fight for freedom in health care doesn’t have to end with failure to repeal Obamacare. We are joined by Rep. Jim Butler (R-OH), a one-man think tank on health care, who shares with us some of the reforms to health care (not just insurance) he is pushing for in Ohio – reforms that can be replicated on a federal level. Why should insurance companies and hospitals, which are propped up by every tool of government, be allowed to price fix and not have to send their charges to individuals before a service is rendered? This reform alone would apply market forces to health care and solve much of the problem. The hospital cartel is fighting his law in court because they know it will end the scam of using taxpayer funds to price fix consumers out of the market. They want to continue the venture socialist racket of using the statutory, regulatory, subsidy benefits from the government in order to box out competition and consumer demand. Show links A Medicaid reform that would help EVERYONE (except lobbyists) Vox video on hospitals failing to disclose their prices for a simple baby delivery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The media and the political cartel are lying to you about our true history, traditions, values, laws, and priorities on immigration. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we explore our true history of immigration based on my book, Stolen Sovereignty. The left has it exactly backwards. We have NEVER done what we are doing today on immigration. Quite the contrary, what Stephen Miller and Tom Cotton are proposing on immigration is exactly how both parties felt about the issue until recently. We recount the full history of our immigration system and establish a list of principles that can guide us today. We also address the dustup between White House aide Stephen Miller and CNN’s Jim Acosta over the history and meaning of the Emma Lazarus’s poem on the Statue of Liberty. It’s purpose was the exact opposite of what the left uses it for and the laws and traditions in place at the time it was affixed to the Statue of Liberty are living proof. Show links Glenn Beck tells the truth about the Emma Lazarus Poem Jeff Sessions is the only member of the cabinet putting points on the board Jeff Flake is how we got Trump Rubio and Bush supported (at least in word) what Trump and Cotton are proposing on immigration McMaster firing more conservatives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anyone who doesn’t see the need for a new party by now is either not paying attention to the most basic facts on the ground or is not in this field for the right reasons. Now it’s time to explore a path to starting a new party, a party that will not only serve as a home for the conservative base but one that can even convert the growing numbers of disenchanted Democrat voters. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we begin plotting such a course. Also, what happens when conservatives actually focus on what’s important and demand action from Trump on our priorities? He actually listens. After we called for him to cut off the bailout for the insurance cartel and for Congress, Trump has immediately turned his focus to that endeavor. Now conservatives must follow through and make sure Trump and those around him actually enact our plan. Finally, we lament the missed opportunity to argue true holistic health care reform from a position of strength. Ultimately, we need a new party because we can never place in the hearts and minds of people who fundamentally don’t share our values the ability to articulate our views. Show notes: The judicial war on God and prayer and how Republicans don’t care Mr. President, Twitter is not a policy outcome GOP: party of transgenderism and Medicaid A critique of the conservative media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where is the Uber and Amazon of medical care? Well, on this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we are joined by Dr. Kevin Smith, co-founder of the Oklahoma Surgery Center, the closest thing to Uber within the medical profession. In a very engaging and wide ranging discussion, the type of health care discussion we are missing in Washington, Dr. Smith shares his secret to reducing costs and improving quality of care. By cutting out the administrative costs, the burdens, and regulations of the price-fixing insurance cartel and government programs, he has been able to reduce the cost of surgeries to as little as 10-50% of the entire cost of services elsewhere. The free market, cutting out the middle man, and circumventing government intervention have a funny way of bringing down costs and spurring innovation. Dr. Smith offers top-notch medical care at below the charge of the universally repudiated Medicaid reimbursement rate. Debunking the lies of the insurance/hospital cartel about the impossibility of presenting readable medical prices to the consumer, Dr. Smith has revolutionized price transparency in the medical profession. And his prices are the same as they were 9 years ago…yet his business is thriving and patients are loving it. He’s also leading a movement to help others in the profession replicate his model and foster competition. Who loses? The cartel and big government folks. Dr. Smith also breaks down the hospital-cartel scam and how they use preferential treatment from government to rip off the consumer, stifle competition and innovation, and run-up the cost of taxpayer-funded programs. If every health care provider operated like the Oklahoma Surgery Center and all health insurance operated like health sharing ministries, we would solve the health care problem in America overnight, end the debt crisis, and rediscover a new generation of innovation and life-saving care. Show links Free Market Medical Association Time Magazine profile on Oklahoma Surgical Center It’s time for single payer….the consumer to the provider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s special episode of the Conservative Conscience, we discuss the one element missing from this endless health care debate…health care. A special guest, Dr. Kevin Wacasey, a successful health care provider who has written two books on the economics of health care, joins us to cut through the clutter of the Obamacare debate and identify the root cause of health care inflation on the supply side. He demonstrates how it’s not the cost of health care that is outrageous, but the charges for health care. The source of that problem? The government and the insurance cartel, which is propped up by government. Were we to get third-party payer out of our system, prices would come down dramatically. The root of the government/cartel success in distorting our market and conflating health care with medical insurance is their publicly-funded myth that health care is inherently expensive without their product. In fact, it is expensive only because of their product, which is sponsored by government regulations, subsidies, and mandates. Dr. Wacasey believes that Americans are being hurt by the role that the health insurance industry plays in maintaining our restrictive, reactive, and overpriced health care system. He wants to change health care by changing the way you think about health care, because you – as patients – have the greatest impact on what needs to be done. He offers our listeners advice on how to shop around for health care, even in this very limited market system. Show links Trump continues illegal bailout for insurers and Congress Dr. Wacasey’s two must-read books: : 'The Guide to Buying Health Insurance, and Health Care;' and 'Healthcareonomics 101: 500 Ways You’re Being Ripped Off By The Health Insurance, and Health Care Industries Follow Dr. Wacasey at healthcareonomics.com, twitter at @HConomics, or at his Facebook page Healthcareonomics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When will our politicians finally discuss health care in the debate over…health care? How much longer will our future health care be held hostage to the crony insurance cartel and government? In this special episode of the Conservative Conscience, we let it all out on the line and present a way to repeal Obamacare without actually repealing the law but by rendering it moot. Through price transparency reform and cost sharing associations, we not only solve the Obamacare problem, but the entire health care problem that predated the ACA. These reforms are so much easier to message and will actually make the entire industry function like a real market. Most importantly, it will cut out the need for third parties and government and their ability to destroy and distort the health care market. Let’s move beyond the semantics of repealing Obamacare, which is not happening anyway and actually pursue these foundational reforms that will restore the consumer as king and make Obamacare non-existent. Show links The power of insurance cartel is evident with Trump embracing the bailout Testimonials from members of the AAPS on how direct care and cutting out insurance cartel lowers costs and improves care The plan to save health care in America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In what seems like a quiet beginning of the work week, there is actually a lot going on. Republicans in Congress and this administration are betraying conservatives on an array of issues, yet the conservative media is bankrupt and refuses to even focus on what’s important. By not informing conservative voters about these betrayals, the conservative media shields Republicans from the requisite pressure needed to affect the policy outcomes they all claim to support. We start off the show giving a vision of how to get around the Obamacare impasse by cutting out the insurance/government complex and going straight to health CARE itself. Time to cut out the middle man and reduce the cost of health care on the supply side by putting the consumer back in the driver’s seat. Let the government and the big insurance lobbyists eat crow. Next, we discuss a series of policy betrayals from Republicans in Congress – from promoting transgenderism and global warming in the military to allowing illegal aliens to seek government jobs. Finally, we focus on some of the latest policy betrayals in this administration: from certifying the Iran deal to bringing in more low skilled workers. When will the conservative media wake up and actually do their job? The Republican Party will never change unless Republican voters demand it. But they will never demand such change if they are not made aware of what is going on in Washington. Show links McMaster Outlines Hillary Clinton–Like Approach to Certification of Iran Nuclear Deal Trump admin brings in 15,000 more low skilled workers Naked men in female showers in the military The courts are destroying our sovereignty and immigration policies Illegal aliens allowed to seek government employment Congress wants a transgender military that fights the weather but… Not a military that identifies Islamic threat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we dissect why it’s not only immoral for conservatives to continue focusing on defending every dumb thing Republicans do (simply because the Democrats are “worse”), but also strategically dumb. If we want to get Russia out of the news, the Trump administration and the conservative movement must focus on numerous policy issues that will place the media on defense and change the narrative to where we want the plays to go rather than going to where they are leading us. We explore some of the details on the Russia scandal and demonstrate why it’s better to focus on what we actually can defend and advocate for on key policy issues than very murky and troubling relationships. Plus, focusing on solid conservative accomplishments is the best way to get Russia out of the headlines anyway. We end with some quick updates on health care and immigration. Show links: Andy McCarthy article on the difference between illegal and wrong McConnell fighting conservatives in Alabama Senate race Is Trump’s amnesty leading to a resurgence in border crossings? Trump’s Secretary of State makes a mockery of his Warsaw speech Tillerson loves the Iran deal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump gave a terrific speech in Warsaw, Poland on the shared values of Western Civilization and its clash with the Islamic world. The problem is, much like with domestic policy, the specific policy outcomes and the personnel of this administration don’t match up with the rhetoric of the president himself. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we develop a theme of how Trump’s conservative rhetoric is often voided out by policy outcomes from liberal advisors and cabinet members. Particularly as it relates to national security and understanding the clash of civilizations, Trump’s National Security Council, headed by H.R. McMaster, is rowing the boat in the exact opposite direction. We discuss some of the specific policy dichotomies between the NSC staff and the president and how conservatives must not get distracted by rhetoric. They must demand action, as Trump himself said during his Inaugural Address. No issue embodies the departure of Trump from his Inaugural Address than his embrace of the ethanol lobby. We explain how Trump embracing the ethanol mandate is a colossal missed opportunity to harness his populist agenda in a way that helps consumers and improves free markets. We also explain how Trump’s rhetoric and campaign promises on Obamacare deviated from his actions. The moral of the story is, once Trump delivers a good speech, work for conservatives has only begun. Key Quotes: “We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action – constantly complaining but never doing anything about it. The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action.” ~ President Trump, Inaugural Address Show links Trump voids out populist message with love for ethanol parasites Bannon back in the good graces of Trump, but for which issues? Trump campaigned on full repeal of Obamacare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is it we are celebrating this week? How far have we deviated from our founding values expressed in the Declaration of Independence? In this special episode of the Conservative Conscience, we break down six key principles referenced in the Declaration of Independence. Anyone who fully understands the 201 words of the preamble should have no problems discerning the right course of action on almost every policy issue. While the world around us has changed dramatically over the past 241 years, these foundational principles are self-evident truths that will never change. Show links John Adams essay on equality Calvin Coolidge’s epic July 4 speech in 1926 My July 4 manifesto on sovereignty The real right to health care our founders believed in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Supreme Court’s latest term behind us, we take stock of the state of affairs in what has become the nation’s most powerful branch of government. Contrary to popular opinion on the right, this was a bad week at the court, on net. And when coupled with other decisions this term, as well as the growing trend of sheer lunacy in the lower courts, we are about to face a torrent of bad decisions that will void out any point of winning elections. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we explain how the soft bigotry of low expectations among the conservative elite has allowed them to remain silent amidst the tyranny of the courts and instead grasp at straws to convince themselves we are winning in the courts. In fact, between religious liberty, immigration, election maps, and the social fabric of this country, we are staring down the barrel of certain defeat at the courts unless we finally do what it takes to reform the system wholesale. Roberts has become the new Kennedy and the lower courts are insufferable. We will never win the existing judiciary game. Show links Roberts joined ruling allowing failing cities to sue banks for their woes SCOTUS: states could violate Second Amendment but can’t follow biology Why the SCOTUS ruling on “travel ban” is not as good as it appears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No matter how liberal Republicans seem to become, no matter how profoundly they betray their campaign promises, so much of the conservative movement just doesn’t care. It was bad enough until now, but with the ultimate betrayal of keeping, codifying, and bailing out Obamacare, this dynamic has reached a new low. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we explain just how harmful the betrayal from Trump and Republicans has been to any effort to fulfill the core campaign promises. Yet, because they are focused on nonsense or the binary idolatry of “at least they are not Democrats,” much of “conservative inc.” just doesn’t care. Unless something changes quickly, we are headed for the nightmare scenario in which conservatives suffer all the liabilities of GOP control, but secure none of the benefits – all the while permanently shifting the body politic to the left. Further, we explore with great specificity why the GOP health care bill is worse than simply doing nothing and why it must be opposed at all costs. Show links Conservatives must repeal and replace Republicans who have embraced Obamacare Conservatives have made peace with Obamacare This is not what Trump promised voters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite the craziness of the GOP, they still managed to win the Georgia special election. That is how badly swing voters still don’t want Pelosi’s policies. So why won’t Republicans use this mandate to move in the opposite direction? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we dissect the message from the recent slew of special elections and how it provides an opportunity for Republicans to energize their base by offering the country a new direction. Yet, from Obamacare and immigration to fiscal policy, the courts, and foreign policy, Republicans are keeping the status quo. We also delve into the details of the horrendous Obamacare bailout bill that is making Jonathan Gruber proud. There are also some issues going on in the courts that are killing our sovereignty. Key quotes: During his inaugural address, Trump inveighed against do-nothing politicians who are all talk and no action. Trump said: “We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action, constantly complaining but never doing anything about it. The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action. Do not allow anyone to tell you that it cannot be done.” I couldn’t agree more, Mr. President. So why is there all talk and no action except for the actions that contradict your rhetoric? Show links Trump supports comprehensive immigration reform The GOP bill to make Obamacare great again GA-6 win is not a mandate to be liberal idiots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is it that so many supposed conservatives are so credulous in the face of policy betrayals by Trump and Republicans that they fall for every distraction? Sadly, this reveals a more uncomfortable reality that the modern conservative movement and conservative media don’t really stand for anything. And as Alexander Hamilton warned, "Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we discuss the true consequences of Trump’s amnesty and how it violates the foundation of his campaign promise. We also observe how the silence of conservative media is appalling and how there is no movement to demand that Republicans utilize their control of government for specific policy victories. In that light, we also lay out some opportunities for conservatives in the upcoming markup of the annual defense bill, an opportunity that will likely be lost on this fledgling movement. Finally, we tackle the concerns with Trump’s foreign policy and his further involvement in Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, and Somalia, in complete violation of his campaign promises. Yet, conservatives don’t seem to stand for anything other than not being the Democrats…even if we ironically adopt their policies! Show links Trump admin not even cooperating with investigations of Obama era Earth to conservatives: Trump granted executive amnesty A smart GOP would push right to carry legislation now Time to jump ship from phony Obamacare repeal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The entire conservative media is focused on the endless rage against the liberal media and accusing them of fomenting violence. But we all forget what we are even fighting for. As we chronicle throughout the podcast and in our writings, there are a number of liberal policy outcomes emanating from this GOP Congress and administration, yet we are fighting over a bunch of nothing. The best way to fight back against the media? Let’s actually enact the agenda for which they supposedly hate us! Let’s start by pursuing a pro-gun agenda and immediately enacting a right-to-carry bill. Stay in for the August recess and overwhelm the Left and the media with one policy victory after another. This will have the effect of electrifying our base so that the Left is not the only side with intensity for the mid-term elections. We need more winning and less whining. Show links Our troops forced to undergo transgender sensitivity training…under GOP control! My list of dos and donts in the Middle East Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Distraction, distractions, distractions. By refusing to use the bully pulpit to promote a robust and bold conservative agenda, the Trump administration and much of the “conservative” movement is falling into the media trap. We are focusing on what the media wants to discuss. Why, instead, is nobody focusing on the fact that Trump is continuing the illegal amnesty of Obama? Why is nobody focusing on the dozens of agenda items we’ve laid out at Conservative Review to drive the narrative and force the media to focus on what we think is important rather than us focusing on what they think is important? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we focus on a number of forgotten issues – from the Saudi Arms deal and Trump’s amnesty to the crazy courts, Hezbollah operatives on our shores, and the GOP making Obamacare great again. Show links Trump admin taking in Australia’s rejected refugees 9 issues Trump could focus on to deflect from Comey and Russia…if he actually cared Betrayal! Trump grants amnesty to 125,000 illegals in 3 months Feds bust Hezbollah sleeper cell on our soil, yet nobody seems to care Forget about Sanctuary Cities – the courts have created a sanctuary Nation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While every Clickservative is focused solely on Comey and Russia, we stand at a crossroads on so many issues. From the debt ceiling, Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, foreign policy opportunities, Israel policy, budget betrayals, immigration, judicial reform, etc – there is no time to be wasted on nonsense. Conservatives can raise their voices and demand change while the president is on the fence and we can seize these amazing opportunities. On the other hand, we can get distracted by nonsense and watch the shallow-state losers in this administration lead the president astray on every critical issue. The choice is ours. Specifically, in this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we delve into three issues in depth – Dodd-Frank repeal, the debt ceiling, and how to use the Arab schism with Qatar, Iran, and the Muslim Brotherhood to our advantage. As of now, we are getting all the liabilities of cozying up to the Saudis (getting ensnared in Yemen, getting caught in Syria, the disastrous arms deal, throwing Israel under the bus), but not getting the benefits (going after the Muslim Brotherhood, abrogating the Iran deal, and stop fighting for Iran in Iraq). This is the difference between allying with one of your enemies against another (bad) and playing them both against each other for our benefit (good). The lesson from all of this is that true conservatives have so much to talk about and run on in a principled and resonate fashion. We don’t need to focus on the media or what the media is focusing on all day. And if conservatives would actually give such advice to the president, it would have a self-fulfilling effect of bailing him out of the media’s narratives and changing the discussion to substance over style, which always benefits our side. Show links Republicans have nothing to run on but the media Secretary Kelly says he wont deport “Dreamers”! The moral case for a cool off of immigration from the Middle East The importance of the debt ceiling and why Trump must reverse course, show leadership The courts are destroying Republican electoral viability and nobody is paying attention The importance of repealing Dodd-Frank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last Thursday, Trump fulfilled a major campaign promise in exiting the Paris climate disaster. But he also confirmed a colossal betrayal in failing to move the Israel embassy to Jerusalem and continuing the maniacal negotiations with the PLO. What gives? Why did conservatives succeed in getting Trump in our camp on one issue and not the other? The answer is simple: conservatives got in his face and made demands on the climate issue, but not on foreign policy. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we discuss how conservatives must speak out and demand change from this administration, otherwise we won’t get it. Trump has shown a sensitivity to conservative criticism, which is a good thing. We should learn from the Paris success and use it for other issues. The next issue must be immigration an homeland security. We explore Trump’s opportunity to regain momentum by giving a series of televised addresses and promoting a very specific immigration and homeland security agenda. Show links Lesson for conservatives on Trump Paris leadership? Speak Out! 20 immigration and homeland security ideas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between the courts setting immigration policy, national security policy, election law, social policy, redistricting, and criminal justice policy, we no longer live in a republic. The lower courts, not just the Supreme Court, stand above the other branches of government and the 50 states. But how did this happen? How can the other branches, which have more robust powers, get rolled by courts created by Congress? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we explore the recent immigration rulings and some other cases to demonstrate how the judicial crisis stems from a political crisis whereby the other branches of government are needlessly giving in to the courts. In fact, as it relates to the Fourth Circuit opinion on Trump’s executive order, the administration is giving the courts even more than they ask for. At some point, could we really blame the courts for grabbing power that is handed to them on a silver platter by the other branches of government? We explore some simple solutions laid out in Stolen Sovereignty, if only there was the political willing to enact them. Key quotes: “It is not probable that the Supreme Court would long be indulged in a career of usurpation opposed to the decided opinions & policy of the Legislature. Nor do I think that Congress, even seconded by the Judicial Power, can, without some change in the character of the nation, succeed in durable violations of the rights & authorities of the States.” James Madison to Spencer Roane, 6 May, 1821 “It may in the last place be observed that the supposed danger of judiciary encroachments on the legislative authority, which has been upon many occasions reiterated, is in reality a phantom. Particular misconstructions and contraventions of the will of the legislature may now and then happen; but they can never be so extensive as to amount to an inconvenience, or in any sensible degree to affect the order of the political system. This may be inferred with certainty, from the general nature of the judicial power, from the objects to which it relates, from the manner in which it is exercised, from its comparative weakness, and from its total incapacity to support its usurpations by force.” Alexander Hamilton, Federalist # 81. Show Links: A summary of congressional power over the courts The Fourth Circuit’s opinion is the most radical and dangerous ever Why Trump has a responsibility to ignore the courts What can be done about immigration and the courts Mnuchin Wants Debt Ceiling Raised Unconditionally Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The conservative media is so focused on smoke and rhetoric that they are missing the actual important policy outcomes on critical domestic and foreign policy issues. If they’d focus on what’s happening rather than just fighting the media over nonsense, they’d understand we are being sold out and so many of Obama’s policies are being continued. Rather than focus on one incident or speech, conservatives must pay attention to the broad direction and paradigm shift of this administration. It has moved away from the conservatives and the original Trump campaign and has now drifted into the swamp of Tillerson, McMaster, Powell, Cohn, and Jared. While Trump’s speeches in Saudi Arabia and Israel were nice, the policies being promoted by his administration undermine every aspect of his rhetoric. It’s time conservatives finally learn that, with Trump, the actions are completely divorced from the rhetoric. And until and unless we raise our voices, nothing will change. If we actually focused on policy outcomes, there are a lot of things conservatives could accomplish. At the end of the show we lay out some important initiatives the president could focus on…if he cared to change the narrative. Show Links: How can you claim to fight Jihad while promoting the PLO? Rand Paul lays down gauntlet to block Saudi arms deal Trump admin sells out America to Saudi Arabia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The only thing worse than seeing Obama’s policies actualized is having them achieved under our banner. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we discuss the foreign policy betrayals of the administration, promoted by the likes of H.R. McMaster and Dina Powell. From policies towards the PLO and the Saudis, to Turkey and Iran, this administration is pursuing the very same agenda conservatives blasted under Obama. Have we lost our intellectual honesty to such a point that we will now bless policies we hated just a few months ago? We further delve into the danger of the Saudis and Erdogen in funding a subversion agenda on our own soil and how that is the front line in the war against jihad, not refereeing Islamic civil wars. Thus, to sell out to the Saudis under the guise of fighting ISIS is completely backwards. The key is for conservatives not to get distracted by the smoke of optics and bluster of rhetoric, but focus on the policy outcomes behind the curtain. Look at what is actually happening on the policies and issues from which the media will often distract us, and it will become clear we are losing the battle for control of this administration. Too many people are focusing on Trump’s speeches he’s given overseas and not on the broader policy direction of the administration. More than with any other administration, the policies are not reflecting the rhetoric of the president himself. That is a problem. What’s the point of obsessing over defending this administration from all the scandals if they are not even promoting our policies anyway? This is why it’s so important Trump hear from conservatives and understand that we are not ok with him selling out on foreign policy. If we don’t advocate for our priorities, who will? Show links: Trump’s Saudi sellout Obama style: Tillerson apologizes to Mexico Trump caves for now on Obamacare subsidies Cruz warned about the embassy betrayal Erdogen’s jihad on our soil The people around Trump don’t get the Islamic threat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week is full of scandals in the media, but it’s also full of Trump policy betrayals that are not being discussed in the media. Worse, they are not being discussed in the conservative media because they are too busy defending Trump from some indefensible actions while he is screwing conservatives on policy. They are defending him against the media while he has allowed Jared, Ivanka, Dina Powell, Gary Cohn, and H.R. McMaster to create the very policies outcomes, ironically, supported by that very same media. What’s the point in incurring such political liability and an electoral wipeout if we are not even getting our policy outcomes? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we break down why this strategy of focusing on the lesser of two evils – “but the Democrats are worse,” “we can’t let the Democrats win” is actually counterproductive to its own stated goals. By pursuing this strategy, we ensure those very Democrats get elected with an even bigger mandate. Isn’t it time we break free and stand consistently and morally on our own two feet? Unless we do so, we will get crushed in the midterm elections, thereby losing so many governorships and state legislatures (forget about Congress!). This will determine redistricting for a decade. Show links: America last: Trump embraces Palestinians Trump whines about himself at Coast Guard Graduation Trump continues Obama’s embrace of CAIR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, Trump is at 35-40% approval and Democrats have opened a wide lead in the generic ballot polling. And what do we have to show for it? What have we gotten for this? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel breaks down the latest series of betrayals. While excuse-making conservatives produce lists of their own demonstrating “the good things” the president is doing, if you look carefully, most of them are ceremonial with “no discernable policy outcome,” as the ACLU observed with regards to the religious liberty memo. On the other hand, the betrayals are deep and severely consequential. Look at the fire, not the smoke. We explore the betrayal of Israel and how NSC head, General H.R. McMaster, is essentially promoting Obama’s foreign policy. There is a lot of significance to the betrayal of Israel and what it portends for other policies and who is really running this administration. In the second half of the show we discuss how, once again, the courts are destroying us on elections and how this will not be fixed without judicial reform. Finally, we tackle the Alabama Senate race. In many respects, this race embodies the problems we face, except it has an inherent antidote in the form of Judge Roy Moore. Daniel explains why he’s still backing Roy Moore, despite the entrance of another patriot, Mo Brooks, in the race. Show links: My 45-minute podcast on the history of the Palestinian hoax Approval rating in the toilet…and for what? Luther Strange and his lies; Roy Moore and his truth Georgia judge gives Dems advantage, takes over election law from states Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are so many betrayals being perpetrated by our political class that actually have discernable policy outcomes and are much more important than the Comey news. Why is nobody talking about the GOP betrayal on the border wall, health care, religious liberty, moving embassy to Jerusalem, the Paris climate accord, and of course judicial tyranny? Yet, in many respects, the Comey news and the binary hypocrisy of the parties is important to focus on and learn from because it embodies what is wrong with both parties. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel explains why Comey should have been fired from a conservative perspective but also why both sides in this case have a glass jaw. If we actually had a consistent and principled conservative party it would be so much easier to punch through the news cycle. All too often, our side must defend and fight for things that aren’t even conservative, yet get blamed for them. In many respects, we are all like James Comey, turning everything into a tortured political pretzel rather than being consistent about the truth. In the second half of the show, we discuss how the courts have reached a new level of judicial tyranny and are making the other two branches irrelevant. This is a lot more important than the Comey news, but nobody in the other two branches is even willing to broach the topic. Key quotes: “Sure, the media is going to throw punches at any hypothetical conservative movement or party. But it would sure be a lot harder for them to do damage if we didn’t have the glass jaw of the tainted and progressive GOP.” “I’m sick and tired of dying for the other SOB’s ideology. Can’t we have a party with which we will at least take media hits for our own beliefs?” Show links: We need a champion of counter-terrorism heading FBI, unlike Comey Thanks to Kushner’s Crony Visas corruption, Feinstein is able to get to the right of Republicans Judge blocks VA from firing corrupt employee who failed veterans Why Trump can’t shift the judicial balance like Obama has Our national sovereignty is on trial in fake courts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you fed up with the political adultery of Republicans being nothing more than inarticulate Democrats? Many people are looking for a new party but feel there is no viable alternative on the horizon. Is that about to change? On this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we are joined by J.D. Rucker, the co-founder of the Federalist Party. He gives us an update on the state of play in building a new party and their plan to become the second, not third party, on the political scene. This is a long term plan but definitely intriguing. Show Notes: Steve Deace writes about the need for a new party After budget betrayal, conservatives need deep soul-searching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives have been pushed to the brink by the betrayals. We want a revolution. We want a party to finally act in accordance with its campaign pledges. Where do we go from here? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel interviews Judge Roy Moore who is attempting to storm the establishment castle by running for Senate in Alabama. They discuss a wide range of topics, particularly related to the role of the courts and how the judicial crisis has neutered Congress. It takes an originalist in the Senate to solve the problem, not just originalists on the courts. But it also takes a man of integrity, something that is lacking with most Republicans. The question for conservatives is if they will take yes for an answer. Key quotes: When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, “just men who will rule in the fear of God.” The preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; if the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be sqandered (sic) on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws. — Noah Webster, History of the United States (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1832), pp. 336-337 Neither the Founding generation nor their children nor their children's children, right on down to our grandparents' generation, were so passive about their role as republican citizens. They would not have accepted-did not accept-being told that a lawyerly elite had charge of the Constitution, and they would have been incredulous if told (as we are often told today) that the main reason to worry about who becomes president is that the winner will control judicial appointments. Something would have gone terribly wrong, they believed, if an unelected judiciary were being given that kind of importance and deference. Perhaps such a country could still be called democratic, but it would no longer be the kind of democracy Americans had fought and died and struggled to create. — Larry D. Kramer, The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 228. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. George Washington’s Farewells Address, on the danger of political parties Show links: Mark Levin’s call for doing more to save the republic Lighting up America: Judge Roy Moore running for Senate NRSC blackballing Roy Moore Supporters Judge Moore falls victim to a culture of beta males My interview with Judge Moore on the illegal suspension from the court Editor's note: Daniel Horowitz has endorsed Roy Moore in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is it possible to get humiliated in a major budget battle by a party that has no power? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we answer that question. It’s not that Republicans are cowardly or obsequious; it’s that they fundamentally don’t share our values. Thus, the Democrat outcomes are their outcomes as well. Moreover, don’t blame this all on congressional Republicans, although they are certainly an act in perfidy. President Trump is just as much at fault, and in this episode, we prove it and also debunk White House talking points. Later on in the show we discuss why Judge Roy Moore’s race for Senate in Alabama speaks to every issue conservatives are worried about today. Will conservatives finally take yes for an answer? Show links: Trump considering raising gas tax to help pay for wasteful infrastructure spending Budget betrayal beyond belief NRSC/McConnell blackballing anyone who works for Roy Moore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The only thing worse than Republicans selling us out, bastardizing our values, breaking promises and lying about it, and downright making our views unpopular with the public, is for us to become content with and even excuse this behavior. Thanks to the soft bigotry of low expectations, much of our movement is now pacified by merely finding a few random roses Republicans throw at us amidst the endless acts of political adultery on the legacy issues that matter. The binary idolatry of “well, the Democrats would be worse” is destroying our own movement and permanently ceding ground that might never be recovered. In this action-packed episode, Daniel goes through the litany of betrayals and perfidy from this week on almost every major issue that counts. The question is: are conservatives going to accept this as the soft bigotry of low expectations or will we finally take our destiny into our own hands? If conservatives don’t demand action, we will forever cede ground on important issues. Worse, the terrible body of the GOP that is trapping and bastardizing our views is rapidly making our views unpopular on issues that were once easy winners. Show links: Lighting up America: Judge Roy Moore running for Senate Freedom Caucus tried its best, but Obamacare bill is still lousy Rogue judge sides with sanctuary cities. Will Congress respond? Promise not kept: Trump’s illegal executive amnesty Run over by a parked car: Trump and Republicans cave on budget Rick Perry Calls for staying in Paris climate agreement White House continuing illegal Obamacare payments Trump administration defending contraception mandate in court Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the week when we will see the dichotomy between the parties play out: whereas Democrats seek power even when they don’t have it; Republicans seek office even when they have power. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel breaks down the week ahead of budget fights, taxes, and health care. After accomplishing almost nothing in this Congress, the budget is the only opportunity for Republicans to actually fulfill their promises. This is the week for Trump to either rise to the occasion or allow Chuck Schumer to control government from a minority position in the Senate. The other big issue this week is the emerging deal on a health care bill. The Freedom Caucus leadership is stuck between a rock and a hard place with the reality of a party that doesn’t share their values. Many of them are trying to cut the best deal possible, but as we explore, it will likely fall far short of any meaningful repeal of Obamacare. Show links 6 reasons to be skeptical about promises of “tax reform” Why Congress must shift focus to immigration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s worse than watching Democrat policies – both on the domestic and foreign policy fronts – being implemented? Watching them being implemented by a Republican president. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel talks about the results of the special election in GA-6 and demonstrates why Republicans are headed towards a nightmare scenario if they don’t change course. On the one hand, they are perceived to have full control of government, a perception which has energized the Democrat base. On the other hand, we have gotten nothing done and the conservative base is no longer energized. This is a recipe for losing even red-leaning districts. Using the latest news about the Iran deal, foreign policy, Obamacare, and the budget, Daniel shows how we are incurring all the political liabilities of Republicans controlling government but enjoying none of the policy benefits. Key quotes: My warning from last year: “Anyone looking to this man for a nominee with a morsel of conservatism or authentic anti-establishment direction has sadly landed on a charlatan who embodies the epitome of what is wrong with tepid republicanism. Strip away the gratuitous boorishness and when it comes to real issues there is nothing but political correctness, uncertainty, and vacillation. Thus we are left with all of the vices of a non-politically correct candidate and none of the virtues.” Show links My warning just one year ago predicting this day Trump embracing illegal Obamacare subsidies Lindsey Graham praises Trump’s foreign policy President Jared Kushner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tired of the myopic focus on Syria and the platitudes over whether to intervene or not? In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel is joined by Patrick Poole, the senior national security correspondent for PJ Media and one of the foremost experts on the Middle East. (whose views are unfortunately never represented among the smart set in DC). Patrick discusses the folly of focusing on any one player in a vacuum and the need to a take a holistic approach putting our interests first. Through a deep and far reaching discussion of the Middle East and Africa, we explore the observations that are missed by the failed foreign policy “wonks” in both parties, who are now dragging this president into the same sinkhole of the past. Many policymakers are missing the fact that Christian parts of Africa are falling to Islamists every week and the media ignores the mass genocide in the region just because the victims are not Muslims engaged in civil wars. Patrick calls for a complete operational pause and audit of all our engagements in the Middle East – from direct combat, to arming and training dubious and even dangerous entities – so that we can devise a holistic policy that addresses both the Iranian and Sunni Islamist threats from a position of strength with consistency that will serve our interests. Patrick observes that right now, as it relates to conservatives in this administration, we are like the first wave at Omaha Beach getting mowed down by the swamp creatures. We need a successful second, third, and fourth wave to establish a beachhead or this administration will be lost on critical national security policies. Are we going to have our foreign policy dictated by prudence and the facts on the ground as they relate to our interests or are we going to be goaded into more mistakes by yellow journalism? Patrick Poole navigates the toughest waters of the Middle East swamp. Key quotes: "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.” Thomas Jefferson Show links: Jared Kushner now trying to take over national security Drug use on the rise among Navy SEALs who are being stretched thin in a meat grinder We need to bring back Congress’ power over declaring war No more ground troops: Trump must be careful that Syria doesn’t become his Iraq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we explore a number of important issues – from the engagement in Syria to the judicial filibuster, the prospect of Justice Neil Gorsuch, and the need for judicial reform. The images emanating from Syria are horrible, but there are a lot of important questions that must be answered before we jump in and act on emotion. Without answering these critical questions, we risk repeating the mistakes of Iraq, destroying our military and political capital, and not even solving the humanitarian problem. As for the courts, we explore why Gorsuch’s ascendance to the high court will not change the course of the judiciary and why we need bold thinkers to move beyond the existing failed paradigm. We must remember that the capacity of a good judge to do good does not counteract the capacity of a bad judge to destroy our society. That is why we will never fix the courts merely by attempting to appoint better judges. Trump picks an Obama holdover to head the Border Patrol A partial list of liberals in the Trump administration A recent court case that demonstrates why the courts are irremediably broken No more ground troops: Trump must be careful that Syria doesn’t become his Iraq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How is it possible to get hit by a parked car? It’s not possible, of course, unless you do it on purpose. The same applies to Trump and Republicans losing the upcoming budget battle. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we explore the mechanics of the budget battle and how the perfidy and betrayal demonstrates that Republicans don’t share our values. It is impossible to lose a government shutdown fight when you control all three branches unless you don’t want to win or unless your definition of winning is different from your campaign promises. Republicans are set to cave on the border wall, refugee resettlement, protecting Trump’s executive order, and Planned Parenthood, as well as the spending levels. When juxtaposed to what Democrats got in 2009 when they controlled all three branches, it should become evident to anyone willing to listen that Republicans don’t share the values of their base the way Democrats represent their voters. Finally, Daniel discusses the mechanics of the filibuster and how several recent factors have changed the importance of this tool or at least the way it is practiced. Show links: So much for the ‘Art of the Deal’: Trump and GOP leaders are about to cave on the budget While Trump attacks conservatives, his immigration agenda burns New budget report: America will be Greece unless health care is fixed Tillerson selling out to the Taliban? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel explains the depth and profundity of the betrayal of conservatives. There is so much capitulation going on, it’s hard to keep up. Worse, Republicans are using their operation to smear conservatives and project on them their own faults. Facts and details of legislation no longer matter. Lies and deceptions reign supreme. The core of the problem is that we have now accepted the soft bigotry of low expectations from Republicans. As long as they do one thing slightly different from Democrats, that is enough to mollify some phony conservatives. Then they call anyone who upholds the most basic tenets of the GOP platform a purist. This is how Democrat policies triumph even when they are out of power. This party is irremediably broken and we need to break outside of the existing paradigm to do more. Show Links Jared pushing criminal justice deform! Trump delaying move to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group GOP establishment purists already surrendered April budget fight … with control of all 3 branches! At least some Republicans are honest about not wanting to repeal Obamacare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Freedom Caucus has done a lot more than merely expose this party, the speaker, and the president as frauds on the health care issue. They have demonstrated that the entire modus operandi of the Republican Party is a sham. They run on campaign slogans to distinguish themselves from Democrats during elections but never have any intention of actually rolling back the leviathan. Nonetheless, despite an inarticulate president and a phony party, Daniel explains why conservatives must not give up on Obamacare repeal and what we can do to fuel momentum for free market health care. Furthermore, Daniel explains why “tax reform” is a boondoggle. It is the wrong issue to focus on and no good will come of it given certain political realities with establishment Republicans. Trump would be wise to work with conservatives on the budget, immigration, and judicial reform rather than chase unicorn tax policies with Democrats. Quotes "You can't con people, at least not for long. ... [I]f you don't deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on." President Trump, The Art of the Deal Show links: RINOcare lesson for Trump: Work with conservatives, not with the swamp Satire on why Freedom Caucus should apologize Trump tells Manchin he’ll work with Dems on “gun safety” Trump threatens to “work” with Dems on “tax reform” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special broadcast, Daniel celebrates the 100th episode of the Conservative Conscience. We outline a vision of what we are looking to do here – speak the truth, give a broad philosophical vision of conservatism as it relates to very specific information and issues and build a new movement that actually stands for something more than just being ‘slightly to the right’ of Democrats. Tying in the entire premise of this show, Daniel goes through the news of the day with Obamacare and Neil Gorsuch to show how far to the left conservatives and Republicans have moved in their expectations. They are simply happy to be one tranche to the right of the ever-drifting Democrat Party, which is why their soft bigotry of low expectations allows them to be happy with anything that “is not Democrat.” Isn’t it time we stand on the veracity of our own views? Plus you won’t want to miss all the latest news and inside baseball on the Obamacare repeal (or lack thereof). To celebrate the 100th episode we’re excited to give away a free 1-year CRTV subscription. You'll get LevinTV, Michelle Malkin Investigates, Louder with Crowder, and The Steve Deace Show… and they're adding new programming all the time. Please tweet about the 100th episode of The Conservative Conscience by Sunday noon using the hashtag #CC100 and make sure you're following CRTV on Twitter. The winner will be selected next week. Show links: New York liberals taking over the White House Ezekiel Emanuel advising Trump on health care 15 unanswered questions conservatives have about Gorsuch Gorsuch is not going to save us from judicial hell Tom Price confirms what we knew: Republicans never intended to repeal Obamacare Do we have a country or not? Trump must cancel Obama’s amnesty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel is joined by Professor John Cochrane of the Hoover Institute, an expert economist on health care policy. In a refreshing change from the typical inside-Washington health care discussion, Daniel and the professor actually move beyond the false choice of the existing paradigm and envision what a true free market would look like. Professor Cochrane gives a synopsis of his plan for free markets to deal with pre-existing conditions through the issuance of health-status insurance. The source of the pre-existing condition problem is government intervention that has boxed out any ability or need for private enterprise to compete for consumer demand. But if we actually repealed the Obamacare (and some pre-Obamacare) regulations and interventions, we could have health status insurance that would be purchased just like term-life insurance at a very young age to cover any change in health status. Show notes: Forget about the Washington-speak of “repeal and replace,” here is a true market approach from Professor Cochrane Professor Cochrane’s econ blog Health insurance CEO’s want more subsidies, not free market 20 free market health care ideas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we learned what it means to be a conservative soul trapped in the corrosive body of the Republican Party. What Republicans do is viewed by the public as conservative because of the phony binary choice, but in fact conservatives get blamed for the liberal rhetorical and policy problems with their proposals, which are messaged to the public as conservative! Nowhere is this more evident than with Obamacare, as Republicans are selling retention of Obamacare as repeal of Obamacare, saddling conservatives with all the liabilities of perceived repeal, but none of the benefits. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, we explore how the entire binary fight between the parties is a false flag operation and how we are fighting with the media (and even CBO) over policies that aren’t even conservative. Further, we explore some very concerning foreign policy news as it relates to Pentagon and State Department personnel and Trump’s newfound love for the PLO and the stupid peace process. If conservatives don’t demand a course correction soon, this will be the third term of Obama’s foreign policy. Show links Iran deal architect is now running Tehran policy at the State Department John Kerry apprentice to lead Israeli-Palestinian portfolio at State Department Trump preventing Israel from building…just like Kerry Caroline Glick: Trump embraces the PLO fantasy Trump should be working with conservatives on immigration instead of against them on health care CBO confirms: Full repeal of Obamacare is the ONLY way forward Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel explains how the lies Paul Ryan is telling about Obamacare are reflective of a broader terminal illness within the political system: the idolatry of the binary choice. Going through the history of primary challenges and budget fights since 2011, Daniel explores how Republicans and their elite allies use conservative talking points in order to get people to buy into their electoral scam, but then renege on them when the inflection point is at hand. Worse, they criticize those who hold the very line they claimed to support before the moment of truth was upon them. This episode also explores some of the problems with Trump’s cabinet members hiring liberals for top positions in State, Defense, and DHS while patriotic conservatives within the administration are doing their best to hold the line. Show links GOP should look up the definition of 'Obamacare' before claiming to repeal it 20 ideas to crush Obamacare and cure America's health care crisis RINOcare: What would Mike Pence of 2003 tell VP Pence? Yes, all of Obamacare can be repealed through budget reconciliation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How quickly Republicans have accepted every premise of government run healthcare. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel goes through the entire timeline of the GOP RINOCare bill as well as each element – the regulations, subsidies, spending, and mandates – to demonstrate how the political and policy outcome of this bill will be worse than Obamacare. This is not just Obamacare-lite. It never repeals Obamacare to begin with and the few things it tweaks will exacerbate the existing system. This bill only helps the big Pharma industry because it guarantees a steady flow of subsidies driven by endless crisis points of fiscal insolvency. Show links Obamacare 2.0 is a gift to illegals. Oh, and GOP? You LIE. RINO-Care: A more insolvent version of Obamacare … except this time GOP owns it List of 24 Regulations from CRS – almost none of them are repealed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone agrees Trump gave a well-received speech before Congress on Tuesday night. Now it’s time for him to follow that up with action. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel discusses how Trump can use the bully pulpit to promote specific policies on the most important issues, such as immigration, health care, national security, taxes, and regulations. He must first get everyone in his administration in line with his agenda, formulate specific policies, and then make a series of high profile policy speeches speaking to the morality of those policies in order to browbeat Congress into submission. That is how Reagan successfully used the bully pulpit. Specifically, we discuss how Trump can articulate a vision for free market health care and channel his populism into a conservative message that shows how the Left is responsible for destroying innovation in health care. Daniel speaks passionately about his blueprint for free market health care reform and the need to end venture socialism, whereby the AMA and the lobbyists for the status quo use the boot of government to prevent an Uber or Amazon type revolution in the industry. Trump would be the best ambassador for such a cause because of his persona as an innovative entrepreneur. This is how he can get Republicans unified behind one health care plan. Moreover, this is how Trump can speak over the media. The more chaos, division, and indecisiveness on policy issues, the more the media will fill the news vacuum with manufactured administration scandals. But the more Trump publicly, definitively, and passionately speaks to the issues of our time with specific proposals, the more the media will have to wage their war on our territory. The public is starving for innovative changes from traditional failed policies on so many issues. It’s time to speak consistently, seriously, and specifically with one voice. Quotes: “When you believe in something with all your heart and soul it comes very easy. We don’t have Republicans that believe in principles with their hearts and souls.” “Trump needs to speak to the morality of free markets the same way he did his immigration policies. We have a natural right to free market health care. We have the right to pursue happiness and engage in commerce and contracts without government screwing us over.” “In politics you either drive the narrative or get driven by the narrative. If you are not making a definitive play, you will become a victim of the media’s play.” Show links Trump scored big, using a conventional speech to kick off an unconventional presidency If airlines worked like health care… Logan Albright: How the AMA is using their government-sponsored monopoly to destroy health care 4 reasons why GOP’s health care plan is really RINO-care What Trump should say to Congress about Obamacare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first step to solving a given problem is being honest with yourself about the severity of the problem itself. We can’t become like ‘Baghdad Bob liberals’ and ignore the problems within our comatose movement and pathetic congressional leadership. Nor can we ignore the problems with Trump himself, even as we praise the good aspects of his first month in office. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel goes through some observations of this past week and from the CPAC gathering to demonstrate why too many conservatives have their heads in the sand about some of the challenges we face. We are no longer on the campaign trail. Republicans have control of all branches of government, and although we know many of them, especially in the Senate, are not conservative, that point is lost on the average voter. Voters will blame all conservatives for the ineptitude of Republicans if they fail to enact a relentlessly positive agenda. Railing against the media is therapeutic for many of us, but if that’s all we have to offer, we are headed for a disaster. It's time for an honest discussion about the future of what this party stands for. We must formulate a hard-hitting agenda (many ideas have already been put forth here at CR), speak to the morality of our views, and channel our passion and outrage to issues of substance in a consistent and intelligent way. Once we do that, it will be much easier to fight the media on our turf rather than on their terms. Towards the end, Daniel gives Trump some advice for his upcoming address to Congress and how he should present his immigration and health care policies in a way that will place Democrats on defense. Rather than have a false debate between progressive nationalism and failed tepid republicanism, why not actually try real constitutional conservatism for once? The notion that conservatism is dead and in need of reform is built upon a false premise because we have never tried real conservatism in the modern era with the existing challenges confronting this country. We need a new movement, not new principles. It’s time to build a new movement built upon timeless principles. Show Links: Trump’s new national security advisor sounding like a liberal Enough lukewarm hell: 8 steps Trump must take NOW to effect real change Islamists just sawed off a Jew's finger. That's not enough bloodshed for the 'tolerant' Left. Daniel Horowitz Senior Editor, ConservativeReview Twitter: Daniel Horowitz @ RMConservative Subscribe to The Conservative Conscience Podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | Android | RSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When will the conservative movement wake up and smell the stench from the bench? The entire media, and by extension, the servile conservative media, is focused on Russia 24/7. But the real problem is that the courts in this country are turning our republic into the Soviet Union. We have several hundred Putins running this country and they are on the federal bench with life tenure, erroneously accorded the status of sole and final arbiter of every political issue. In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel lays bare the tyranny of the courts and demonstrates how the judiciary is beyond repair. They might even be surpassing the courts of Sodom and Gomorrah in terms of their moral dyslexia. Just over the past week, the courts have created rights for illegal aliens, a right for Somali jihadis to immigrate, and a right for Planned Parenthood to enjoy taxpayer funding. Yet, property and conscience rights of the individual citizen are allowed to be violated as Christians and Jews are forced to service homosexual weddings with their own livelihood. Courts are also saying states can violate the Second Amendment and are ignoring the Heller decision but they must give driver’s licenses to illegals! Sadly, so many “conservatives” aren’t conservative anymore. The same moral compass that allowed them to invite a licentious activist to give the keynote speech at CPAC is behind the appalling silence of these organizations as the courts bastardize our values, Constitution, history, and traditions. Quotes “[T]his is a land, not of privileges, but of equal rights. Privileges are granted by European sovereigns to particular classes of individuals, for purposes of general policy; but the general impression here is that privileges granted to one denomination of people, can very seldom be discriminated from erosions of the rights of others.” ~ John Quincy Adams, 1820 “If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction cannot lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.” ~ Calvin Coolidge, 1926 Show links: Trump's ability to remake the federal courts is a lot harder than the numbers suggest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices