Ed Ternan and Matt Capelouto - April 2023
Fentanyl: An American Crisis
Tens of thousands of Americans killed every year – how do we stop this?
Illicit fentanyl is a devastating crisis in America, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year.
Ed Ternan and Matt Capelouto know first-hand just how severe this crisis is, each having lost a young adult child to a counterfeit prescription pill laced with this dangerous chemical. Ed and Matt shared their deep knowledge of the fentanyl crisis - how it started, where we are now, and how we can address this modern chemical-based drug catastrophe. Their insights might help you keep your loved ones safe and may inspire you to join the effort to fight this epidemic in our own communities.
Steve Hilton - March 2023
How we fight for freedom in California - and WIN!
ABOUT OUT SPEAKER:
Steve Hilton is best known for “The Next Revolution,” his weekly nationwide show on Fox News. Steve’s Hungarian parents, themselves refugees from Communism, taught him of the horrors of socialism in all its forms. He’s a bestselling author and podcaster who uses his platform to eloquently defend free market capitalism. His audience is well aware of the disastrous consequences of one-party rule in his adopted home state of California.
Dr. Ryan Cole, Steve Kirsch, Josh Yoder, Jessica Barsotti - February 2023
American Medicine: The New Tyranny
The Road to Restoring Freedom
A distinguished panel including Dr. Ryan Cole, Steve Kirsch, Josh Yoder, and Jessica Barsotti explore how Covid hysteria has diminished freedom, upended scientific decision-making, and exposed corruption at institutions ranging from government to academia to social media. Prominent voices in the fight discuss: How did we get here? Is there a way back to freedom, health and rational scientific thought?
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:
Dr. Ryan Cole, Renowned Mayo-trained pathologist
Steve Kirsch, Founder Vaccine Safety Research Foundation
Josh Yoder, President and Co-Founder US Freedom Flyers
Jessica Barsotti, Experienced litigator fighting for medical freedom
Presented in partnership with the Children's Health Defense - California Chapter.
Jennifer Sey - January 2023
Use Your Voice!
Jennifer Sey was on track to become the first woman CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. But everything changed when Sey publicly opposed the closure of San Francisco's public schools at the height of the pandemic. In response to her "wrongthink", management gave her a choice: Shut up or leave.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Jennifer Sey rose from a marketing assistant at Levi Strauss & Co. to Brand President until, in January 2022, she was asked to leave the company. She rejected a million-dollar severance package, so that she could be free to tell her story.
Sey is an American author, filmmaker, business executive and retired artistic gymnast. She was the 1986 USA Gymnastics National Champion, and a 7-time member of the U.S. Women's National Team.
Mollie Hemingway - December 2022
Playing To Win
Nationwide frustration with Washington, D.C., politics resulted in one of the most contentious mid-term elections in history. What worked well for conservatives, and what didn't? And what can they learn moving forward?
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway provides unique and thoughtful reporting and analysis of American politics and culture. She helped launch and is Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist, which has become one of the most influential voices in politics and has millions of readers. She is a Fellow at Hillsdale College, a Fox News contributor, and an author of several national best-selling books.
Adam Andrzejewski - November 2022
The Depth of the Swamp
“… it’s deeper than any of us ever imagined.”
It's your money, and you deserve to see where every dime is spent! OpenTheBooks believes taxpayers have a constitutional right to government oversight. They believe hard data is a game changer. Once citizens are able to see how the government spends their money, it will influence how they vote and how they view their government.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Adam Andrzejewski is the CEO/founder of OpenTheBooks.com.
His works have been featured on The BBC, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, C-SPAN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, Fox News, National Public Radio (NPR), Forbes, and many other national media.
The Andrzejewski/OpenTheBooks investigation into congressional corruption was featured in a June 2021 episode of CNBC’s American Greed, "The 'Con' in Congress."
Today, OpenTheBooks.com is the largest private repository of U.S. public-sector spending. Mission: post "every dime, online, in real time."
Eric Eggers - October 2022
Election 2022: Deja-Vu – or worse?
As the co-host of the podcast The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer, Eric Eggers brings two decades of research, writing, and filmmaking to The Liberty Forum to discuss what to expect in the 2022 election.
Eggers’ writings have been hailed as "prescient" by both Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Eric Eggers is a researcher and reporter working with famed investigative journalist and bestselling author Peter Schweizer (Clinton Cash and Secret Empires). He is the Research Director of the Government Accountability Institute.
Egger’s 2018 film, The Creepy Line, reveals how companies like Facebook and Google use their near-ubiquitous influence to profoundly affect electoral outcomes in favor of their preferred candidates.
Marc Morano - September 2022
The Great Reset: You'll Own Nothing & Be Happy!? How to resist with a Great Reject
Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better.
This is the vision of the Great Reset, according to globalist leaders. While proponents of the Great Reset push slogans like “Build Back Better,” “The Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and “A New Normal,” the Reset is nothing short of a rebranded Soviet system, threatening to strip away property rights, restrict freedom of movement and association, and radically reshape our diets and way of life.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Marc Morano currently serves as executive editor and chief correspondent for CFACT’s award-winning ClimateDepot.com, a news and information service he founded in 2009. He is the author of the 2021 book, Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal Is Even Worse Than You Think and the author of the best-selling 2018 book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change. He served as a senior staffer at the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Morano’s new book, The Great Reset will be out in August 2022.
Robert Malone, MD, MS - August 2022
A Special Event presented by Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley in partnership with VAC (Values Advocacy Council)
Lies My Gov't Told Me: And the Better Future Coming
The fight for freedom rages on in the wake of the Administrative State & corporate media “Fear Porn”
Featuring Robert Malone, MD, MS, internationally recognized scientist and physician; key resistance leader against the US Gov’t Covid Crisis mismanagement
With guest appearance by Steve Kirsch.
DR. ROBERT MALONE CONTINUES TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM & SANE SCIENCE
Dr. Malone has put his personal life on hold to take the spike proteins by the horns and bring calm, rational debate to the world stage. Despite censorship, threats, banishment and every other silencing attempt thrown at him, Dr. Malone continues to hold public speaking engagements, write articles, and appear on TV, videos and podcasts. He has become an icon to those of us who stand with him in our refusal to be swallowed up by the Covid madness.
Come hear the latest developments in the resistance against US government Covid mismanagement and learn where other countries in the world stand in their ongoing fights for truth and transparency.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Robert W. Malone MD, MS is an internationally recognized scientist and the original inventor of mRNA- and DNA-vaccination and non-viral DNA and RNA/mRNA delivery technologies. He now spends most of his time as a key player in the global movement to bring real science and sane policies to the Covid healthcare crisis. His antidotes include educating the public about alternate Covid therapies, encouraging transparency in every area of the disease and vaccines, and encouraging a humanity-centric approach to managing outbreaks.
He is a US-based physician-scientist consultant specializing in developing medical countermeasures (vaccines and drugs) for infectious diseases. He has served as an Assistant and Associate Professor of Pathology and Surgery at UC Davis, University of Maryland, and the Armed Forces University of the Health Sciences. Among Dr. Malone's many core competencies are clinical development and regulatory affairs. He was scientifically trained at the Salk Institute of Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratories, among other prestigious institutions.
Luke Rosiak - July 2022
Critical race theory. Drag-queen story hour. State-wide “liberated ethnic studies” requirements. Powerful forces are coming for California’s kids. Who’s behind this and to what end? Luke Rosiak, the investigative journalist who elevated school corruption to national news with his groundbreaking reporting on Loudoun County, Virginia, explains what you need to know and what you can do about it. He illuminates the end goal of educational “equity,” and why it poses a particular threat to those who value innovation, merit, and prosperity.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Luke Rosiak is an investigative reporter for The Daily Wire who broke the story about the Loudoun County school bathroom rape story as well as other stories that made K-12 schools a subject of national debate. As a fellow with Peter Schweizer's Government Accountability Institute, he spent two years researching and writing a book on the problems in K-12 schools called Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education.
J. Christian Adams - June 2022
Election Integrity in America Today - What are the real vulnerabilities in American elections?
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: J. Christian Adams served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section of the US Department of Justice. He blew the whistle on the Obama administration decision to drop charges against New Black Panther Party members who were videotaped threatening voters at a Philadelphia polling place. Recognizing his expertise and integrity, President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Trump also appointed him to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, where he continues to serve. He is President of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a nonprofit law firm dedicated to election integrity. Christian has been involved in election lawsuits in 28 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation.
This event is co-sponsored by the Silicon Valley Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society.
Matt Palumbo - May 2022
Of all the books "the New York Times doesn't want you to read," Matt Palumbo's The Man Behind the Curtain, Inside the Secret Network of George Soros, might be among the most darkly incriminating of them all.
No one else in modern politics has anywhere near the power and influence of George Soros, both domestically and internationally.
Palumbo peels back the curtain to reveal George Soros's vast web of financing and how it influences the world's media narrative, the Biden administration, and the unraveling of law and order from America to Ukraine.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Matt Palumbo is the Content Manager of the Bongino Report and the author of six books including The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros (2022), Dumb and Dumber: How Cuomo and de Blasio Ruined New York (2020), and Debunk This!: Shattering Liberal Lies (2019).
Thomas D. Homan - April 2022
Thomas D. ("Tom") Homan, former Trump-appointed Acting Director of ICE to discusses the importance of protecting the United States borders. Our economic and monetary systems are directly affected by our national policy, as are our election systems and our general welfare as Americans.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Thomas D. Homan was appointed by President Trump on January 30, 2017 as the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He remained the Acting Director until his retirement on June 30, 2018. ICE is the largest investigative arm within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government. ICE has more than 20,000 Special Agents, Officers and other employees and has an annual budget of more than $8 billion. ICE is charged with protecting the homeland through criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs trade, and immigration. ICE Agents are located in more than 400 offices in the United States and 46 foreign countries.
“Paying the Price” - March 2022
Real Dissidents. Real Stories. Real Lessons. REAL Warnings.
The Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley & Human Events co-hosted a 5-person Dissidents Panel in Santa Clara. Five courageous people, who escaped tyranny from countries all over the world, gave us a real-time warning about the existential dangers of totalitarianism and what life looks like when people are no longer free.
Will we recognize the signs of approaching tyranny? Are we prepared to fight back and do what it takes to remain free?
Dr. Mark McDonald - February 2022
"Mass Delusional Psychosis.” No, you are not imagining it.
Meet Dr. Mark McDonald, the psychiatrist who originally diagnosed the devastating phenomenon gripping our world in the wake of CVD-19. In 2020, America fell victim to a mass delusional psychosis. Dr. Mark McDonald was the first to diagnose and popularize this phenomenon.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Dr. Mark McDonald was born and raised in Los Angeles and graduated from UC Berkeley before attending medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Trained in adult, child and adolescent psychiatry at UCLA, he now works primarily with children in private practice in west Los Angeles. Dr. McDonald has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, and Central America. His opinions on topics such as the need to re-open America’s schools and the pandemic of fear in the United States today have been widely published in local and national news, including the Wall Street Journal and The Federalist. He published his first book, United States of Fear, in November 2021.
Scott W. Atlas, MD - January 2022
What really happened behind the scenes at the Trump White House during the COVID pandemic?
When Dr. Scott W. Atlas was tapped by Donald Trump to join his COVID Task Force, he was immediately thrust into a maelstrom of scientific disputes, policy debates, raging egos, politically motivated lies, and cynical media manipulation. Numerous myths and distortions surround the Trump Administration’s handling of the crisis, and many pressing questions remain unanswered.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Dr. Scott W. Atlas, a renowned neuro-radiologist and public policy expert has become famous recently for another issue: his brave stand against Covid-19 hysteria and calling for a sane virus policy. His medical license and distinguished reputation have come under repeated assault in an effort to silence him.
Dr. Atlas is a Robert Wesson Senior Fellow of Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
Nick Adams - December 2021
If you have not yet experienced Nick Adams in person, you are in for a real treat. He is one of the most-requested repeat speakers at the Liberty Forum; and, his enthusiasm, humor and infectious optimism are just what the doctor ordered to help us close out this topsy-turvy year!
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Nick Adams is an Australian best-selling author, speaker and political commentator, and the Founder and Executive Director of FLAG (The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness). He is best known for his work in the field of American exceptionalism, and is credited with a resurgence in the idea worldwide. He is a regular on Fox News, C-SPAN and nationally-syndicated radio. Adams has received several state awards, being appointed an Honorary Texan by Governor Rick Perry in 2013. He is the author of the book: Retaking America: Crushing Political Correctness. He can be reached on Twitter @NickAdamsinUSA & www.nickadamsinamerica.com.
The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG), is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Americans about the values and principles that make our nation exceptional. FLAG promotes and provides high-quality civics education to K-12 students across the country, and impacts American culture in a way that preserves our exceptional American value system for generations to come.
FLAG was founded in 2016 by Nick Adams.
Jack Posobiec - November 2021
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Jack Posobiec is skyrocketing as one of the most important and exciting conservative voices on the scene. As Senior Editor of Human Events, he also created the wildly successful political podcast, Human Events Daily, that immediately soared to the very top on Apple Podcasts. Jack is a frequent guest and co-host on Steven K. Bannon's War Room. Mr. Posobiec is a veteran intelligence officer of the United States Navy with multiple deployments including Guantanamo Bay and East Asia. At Guantanamo Bay, Posobiec served as a HUMINT (human intelligence) analyst in the interrogation cell. In 2014, he joined the Office of Naval Intelligence as an officer at the Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center, which provided intelligence to Navy Special Warfare and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.
Posobiec completed his final deployment in 2016 as the Intelligence Director for Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific – Task Force 75. His extensive service in US military intelligence led him to spend several years in China where he became fluent in Mandarin and a specialist on the Chinese Communist Party.
Posobiec has written three non-fiction books: Citizens for Trump: The Inside Story of the People’s Movement to Take Back America, all about the 2016 presidential election and 4D Warfare: A Doctrine for a New Generation of Politics, a handbook on political information operations. Posobiec’s life was the inspiration for the graphic novel ‘Agent Poso’ by Chuck Dixon and Brett Smith.
Judge Jeanine Pirro - October 2021
JUDGE JEANINE PIRRO: Acclaimed judge and outspoken freedom fighter. In addition to her tireless work as a judge, prosecutor, and FOX News Channel show host, Judge Jeanine Pirro is also a New York Times bestselling author. We are pleased to announce our first partnership with the Values Advocacy Council to bring this special speaker to San Jose where she will discuss her latest work, Don't Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom, in which she exposes the Left's lies and distortions about all liberty-loving patriots from President Trump down.
Judge Jeanine has spent her life fighting for the "underdog" and also for our country's freedom. We invite you to hear her outlook on the current freedom crises created by our government and bureaucracies, and how to recognize the lies being told to us by the media, politicians, and others intent on exacerbating the stealthy encroachment on —and erosion of— our most precious liberties.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Jeanine Pirro currently hosts Justice with Judge Jeanine Saturdays, 6PM/PT on FOX News Channel (FNC). She also serves as a legal analyst for FNC, providing legal insight across the network’s programming. She joined the network in 2006 and is based out of New York.
Prior to joining FNC, Judge Pirro was the host of a syndicated weekday court show distributed by Warner Brothers, for which she won an Emmy Award. Her notable legal career spans over 30 years. In 1975, she became an assistant district attorney for Westchester County, NY and was the first female to prosecute murder cases there. In 1990, Pirro was elected as the first woman to serve as a Westchester County Court judge.
In addition, Pirro started the first domestic violence unit in a prosecutor’s office in the country. In 1997, she was appointed by then-Governor George Pataki to chair the New York State Commission on Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board, whose research helped pass increased protection for domestic violence victims.The Republican Party chose her as its candidate for New York State Attorney General in 2006.
Pirro earned a BA from the University of Buffalo, magna cum laude, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and received her Juris Doctor (JD) law degree from Albany Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review.
Gordon G. Chang - September 2021
Internationally recognized author and expert on China
September 14, 2021 | 7:00 pm PDT
China's Existential Challenge: What We Must Do to Defend America
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Gordon G. Chang is the author of several books and booklets, including The Great U.S.-China Tech War, Losing South Korea, Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, and The Coming Collapse of China. Chang lived and worked in China (Hong Kong, Shanghai) for almost two decades as Partner in the international law firm Baker & McKenzie and as Counsel to the American law firm Paul Weiss.
Mr. Chang's writings on China and North Korea have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, The American Conservative, Commentary, National Review, Barron's, and The Daily Beast. He is a columnist at Newsweek and writes regularly for The Hill.
His speaking engagements at universities and organizations include: Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale, The Brookings Institution, The Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, RAND, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Council on Foreign Relations, to name a few. He has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department, and the Pentagon. Chang has appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Mr. Chang's television appearances include: CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, the BBC, and Bloomberg Television. He is a regular co-host and guest on John Batchelor's CBS Eye on the World.
Internationally, he has spoken in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, The Hague, London, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver.
He served two terms as a trustee of Cornell University.