Liberty Lens

The person next in line to run this country is chosen by one person in private. No delegates. No vote. No accountability. The vice presidency is constitutionally the only position in the executive branch a president...

The war was launched to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The war closed the Strait of Hormuz. That’s not irony — that’s a $400 billion institutional failure hiding in plain sight. Big John and Mike ter Maat put the full...

The first American pope just drew a line that Donald Trump’s base can’t uncross. For decades, the Christian nationalist coalition was built on a single assumption: that faith and MAGA politics were inseparable. Then...

21 hours of face-to-face talks in Islamabad. Then America blockaded every Iranian port. Washington calls it “peace through strength.” Tehran calls it piracy. At least one of them is right. The Trump administration...

Washington just spent $93 BILLION of your money to send 4 astronauts around the Moon — and almost nobody noticed. Are we going to the Moon as a free people, or as taxpayers bankrolling another permanent political...

Just over 30 days into the Iran War and we have 13 Americans dead, 1,900 Iranians killed, the Strait of Hormuz under siege, and Trump’s approval rating at a historic low of 33%. Here’s what no one in Washington wants to...

The government says the economy is growing. Gas is pushing $4. Rent is out of reach. 60% of Americans say things are getting WORSE. Who’s right? In this episode of Liberty Lens, economist Mike ter Maat joins Big John to...

What does it take to run for governor in a state that hasn’t broken from the two-party machine in over a century… and then decide to do it again? Larry Sharpe joins Liberty Lens to talk about his 2026 run for Governor...

In this episode of Liberty Lens, Big John and former Libertarian vice-presidential nominee Mike ter Maat break down the constitutional, geopolitical, and economic consequences of the U.S. strikes on Iran. They examine...

Big John and Mike ter Maat break down the overnight U.S. strike that eliminated Khamenei and 40 senior Iranian officials, the president’s open call for regime change, and what history says happens next. – Why Mike...

The Supreme Court just ruled 6–3 that a president cannot use emergency powers to impose tariffs. That should have ended the story. It didn’t. Within hours, President Trump invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974...

Who really controls your money — the Federal Reserve or the White House?President Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, federal debt has surged past 100% of...

DHS funding hits a wall — and the fight isn’t really about money. Congress funded the entire federal government for 2026… except the Department of Homeland Security. Now the debate over ICE reform, federal enforcement...

Claims of election fraud are once again being recycled — from rigged machines to stolen ballots — despite a lack of credible evidence. At the same time, there is increasing pressure to move election administration away...

A 37-year-old ICU nurse and U.S. citizen, Alex Pretti, was shot and killed during a Border Patrol operation in Minneapolis. Within minutes, senior Trump administration officials labeled him a terrorist and an assassin...