The nation’s president vowed to go “beyond diplomatic notes” after a U.S. immigration agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man, in Texas this week.
Professor Penn opens with Iran, NATO, Ukraine, and the Strait of Hormuz, framing the latest oil shock as more than another foreign-policy crisis. He uses the moment to return to first principles, arguing that true republicanism begins with small government, personal sovereignty, civic duty, minority rights, and a commonwealth built by givers rather than takers. From Matthew Chapter 6 to the Patriot economy, Penn connects faith, charity, forgiveness, and self-governance to the political fight in Minnesota and the need to organize beyond entertainment. The episode then follows the money through British imperial history, Persian Gulf oil, the Strait of Hormuz, the City of London, derivatives, financialized markets, and the deep state’s…
Professor Penn sits down with Minnesota State Representative Walter Hudson for a rare inside look at how Republican politics actually works once a candidate leaves the campaign trail and enters the machinery of government. The conversation begins with Iran, Turkey, NATO, Israel, and the next generation of conservatives, exposing a growing split between old Republican foreign policy instincts and younger voters who no longer accept the same arguments for endless Middle East involvement. Hudson then pulls the curtain back on the Minnesota Legislature, explaining how rank-and-file representatives are often pushed to the “kiddie table” while caucus leadership, committee chairs, rules committees, lobbyists, and special interests decide what…