Resistor Vic Podcast

People often ask why the military hasn’t stepped in during to save us from Trump. In this video, I explore a different possibility—one that challenges the assumption behind the question itself. Drawing on my perspective as a veteran, I walk through a scenario that may explain more than we realize, and why the absence people see might not be absence at all.Vic Meyers for Democracy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

The 25th Amendment isn’t the safety valve people think it is.It requires action from the very people who have shown no willingness to act — and Congress can’t invoke it themselves. That’s the reality we’re dealing with.So if that’s not the answer, what is?In this video, I break down what the 25th Amendment actually says, why it won’t work in this situation, and what action still matters right now.Vic Meyers for Democracy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

This episode was supposed to feature Alan Govenar. Alan is a Guggenheim Fellow who made an excellent documentary on Jasper, Texas. Unfortunately, 4 hours before record-time, I received an email saying he couldn’t make it. I called my friend Will Westmoreland. We had both been wanting to do something like this for some time now so he accepted my last-minute invitation.I’m so glad he did because it was a great conversation about rural America.Enjoy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

I’ve been talking about picking a side.Now I’m asking a different question.Where is the line?At what point does this stop being politics and start being about the safety of the country and the people serving it?If you want to help me keep asking these questions and holding people accountable, you can support the campaign here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/vic-meyers-2(ActBlue state’s in their policies that they don’t share or sell donor emails. If this is true, then it’s the campaigns sharing it with the party and/or candidates. My campaign will never share or sell our email list with or to ANYBODY. ) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

We are days, if not hours, from having boots on the ground in Iran. Republicans could have stopped this. Before voting on the war powers resolution they all told us that they would vote differently if this were going to be a “boots on the ground situation.”They failed.Now the coming days, weeks, and maybe years will give us more stories like that of Sergeant First Class Alwyn Crendall Cashe. Remember this and vote accordingly. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

Long before I was on Substack, I made a series of videos on my YouTube channel about Trump’s long obsession with ending birthright citizenship. He’s been talking about it for over 10 years.Today it’s very likely that Trump lost before the Supreme Court. This video is encouraging people to go back and watch my Dec 2024 videos on this. These are links to the videos.Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4I hope I’m way off base. Unfortunately, too many of the things I’ve predicted about a 2nd Trump presidency have come true. At a minimum, I think we need to be thinking about the things I said in these videos. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

This is Part 2 of a two-part series.In Part 1, I asked you to picture a logjam building on our river of liberty.In this video, I zoom in.These “logs” aren’t abstract ideas. They’re real systems already in place — surveillance laws, data collection, facial recognition, AI, and the ways that information is being used to shape outcomes in our daily lives.Some people are trying to manage this.Others are blocking those efforts.And that’s where the real problem begins.Vic Meyers for Democracy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

This is Part 1 of a two-part series.I’m asking you to picture a river, a logjam, and a lake downstream that represents our democracy.Logjams don’t happen all at once. They build slowly over time. And if they’re not managed, they can change the course of the river… or break all at once and send everything crashing downstream.In this video, I lay out that picture and what’s at stake if we ignore it.In Part 2, I’ll show you what happens when that pressure finally breaks.Vic Meyers for Democracy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode Big Mike interviews award winning journalist Logan Davis of the Colorado Times Recorder(CTR). CTR had a groundbreaking story about ICE hold rooms in Colorado. The story was then expanded to ICE hold rooms all across the country. Mike asks Logan about this.Mike also talks with Logan about Colorado Democratic Party caucus results, left versus centrist candidates, and honest journalism vs whatever we call today’s media. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

I’ve been thinking about something that feels obvious on the surface, but falls apart the moment you look closer: do we actually value public education?Every state constitution requires a system of public schools. But neither the U.S. Constitution nor any state constitution guarantees a child the right to be educated.That gap matters.Because when you look at how we actually spend money, what we prioritize, and what policymakers choose to focus on, the goal doesn’t seem to be learning — it seems to be maintaining a system.In this video, I walk through how we got here, what changed, and why that missing “right” might be more important than we think.If we want a functioning democracy, we need an educated population.And right now, we’re not acting like that matters.Vic Meyers For Democracy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe