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What's oikophobia and is it spreading on college campuses around the country?

As criminologist and former sheriff Dr Currie Myers explains, it's a loathing of your home and culture. To answer the second question; it seems like there's a spread of it going around these days. The symptoms may include fighting with police, wearing masks to hide identity, chanting anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans, trespassing, blocking streets, and property damage. The cure is more fundamental and more complicated. Some of the solution lies in the foundations built into young people's lives.

Dr. Myers discusses that in this segment.
For more information: https://drcurriemyers.substack.com/p/oikophobia-and-its-detrimental-impact

Elections should be about the confidence we have in candidates, be they incumbents or challengers. Increasingly, elections sre becoming about the confidence (or lack of) we have in the process of voting. Often, those on the Left say the Right is suppressing voter turnout and disenfranchising people. At the same time, many on the Right accuse the Left of electoral fraud.

Is either claim true? Are both claims true? In this discussion, Daily Signal reporter Fred Lucas discusses the faith we have - and could be losing - in our elections process. His new book. The Myth Of Voter Suppression, digs into the debate.

Find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Voter-Suppression-Assault-Elections/dp/1637587856

For more information: https://www.heritage.org/myth-voter-suppression#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Myth%20of%20Voter%20Suppression,voter%20suppression%20hysteria%20industrial%20complex.

Americans for Limited Government's Rick Manning comments on the Biden reelection campaign using Vice President Kamala Harris as a spokesperson to promote the Administration's economic plan and results. Manning points out that, specifically, the campaign is trying to increase support among black male voters.

For more information: https://dailytorch.com/2024/04/not-even-kamala-harris-can-sell-the-biden-economy-to-voters-ignores-inflation-concerns-we-are-in-the-process-of-putting-a-lot-of-money-in-the-streets-of-america/

This interview originally aired on NewsTalk STL in St Louis

The recently-passed law requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok will certainly be litigated for months, if not years. Supporters say it's important national security in an age where the digital world can be a battlefield along with the physical world.

What are the costs? In this discussion, James Broughel from the Competitive Enterprise Institute argues that the government's trying to take control will have an effect that's bigger than the current social media landscape. In a recent Forbes article, he argues the precedent could land a "...blow to intellectual discource online."

In this discussion, he talks about the law, the effect on freedom of speech, and the possibility of limiting discourse in the name of national security.

For more information: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesbroughel/2024/04/30/tiktok-ban-lands-a-blow-to-intellectual-discourse-online/?sh=740c75ae168b

From random assaults on women in broad daylight to AI-generated scams online and over the phone, the threats to us physically and financially continue to evolve.

Former NYPD Officer Dean Golemis, now the president of Global Security And Investigative Services, describes today's threats and offers advice on how to reduce your chance of being a victim.

Could one state's strict environmental laws affect the entire nation's economy - and your household finances? According to Dr Bonner Cohen from the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFSCT), the answer is yes.In this discussion, he explains how California's effort to mandate electric freight trains in the state could result in supply chain disruptions across the nation, especially if other states follow suit.
 
For more information: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4549111-us-freight-rail-supply-chain-now-at-the-mercy-of-californias-net-zero-emissions-rule/