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Pushing Chinese Communism out of America
Trevor Loudon is an author, filmmaker and public speaker from Christchurch, New Zealand. For more than 30 years, he has researched radical left, Marxist and terrorist movements, and their covert influence on mainstream politics.
Trevor Loudon’s thesis is that what is commonly regarded as mainstream political policy is in fact driven and guided by hidden subversive elements. The government’s consistent defunding of the US military, Obamacare, the Iran Nuclear Deal, normalization of relations with Cuba, Islamic refugee re-settlement, minimum wage, fracking bans, pipeline shutdowns, and the push for illegal alien amnesty are all consistent with far-left and Islamist agendas.
Trevor Loudon believes that these forces must be exposed and countered, as America’s continued role as a bastion of freedom is pivotal for the future of western civilization.
Mocking the Deep State Out of Existence: The CIA Revealed
It's long been said we're only as sick as the secrets we keep. When we look at successful movements for freedom and liberty, we often overlook the role that informed, pointed, even humorous attacks have upon petrified bureaucracies.
New York Times bestselling author, Kent Heckenlively, along with a former CIA Officer turned whistleblower, Kevin Shipp, turn their attention to the CIA, revealing its secrets, and showing how their power only comes from your fear of them. When the CIA stands naked and revealed to the American people, the end is near. You will want to hear this story.
The Bulletproof Mind
US Army Ranger, former West Point psychological professor, best-selling author, expert witness, and consultant, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman will speak on psychological preparation for physical conflict. How do soldiers and law enforcement personnel learn to make correct decisions in the heat of the moment? And in these days of increasing violence in our cities and neighborhoods, how can we improve our reaction if faced with potential danger?
Weaponized Fear and Psychological Bioterrorism
Internationally recognized scientist, author and bioethicist, Dr. Robert Malone returns to the Liberty Forum to present on Psychological Bioterrorism: The weaponization of the fear of infectious diseases.
Exposing the effort to control behavior of both individuals and populations, Dr. Malone will describe the weaponization of this existential fear and the series of tactical steps used to deploy it. Psychological Bioterrorism is an inexpensive method for exerting global influence. From the perspective of consequences and harm, it can be more damaging than an actual bioterror event.
Oversight and Today’s Lawfare Politics
Former congressman and Fox News contributor, Jason Chaffetz has intimate knowledge of how things work in Washington, experiencing them from both the inside and as a member of the media.
Drawing from both the intense lawfare of recent months and his latest book, The Puppeteers: The People Who Control the People Who Control America, Jason will provide insight into the true workings of Washington D.C., how we got where we are today, and how we can improve things for our collective future.
Let's Talk: What Happened to the American Capacity for Civil Discourse?
Returning for his third visit, Liberty Forum favorite, Brent Hamachek will draw from his new book, Dissidently Speaking: Change the Words. Change the War. Brent unpacks how we became so divided and reactionary and offers some fresh ways to view what is going on in America’s break rooms and living rooms today. A thoughtful and so needed discussion on how we can restore civil and productive conversations by creating a revival in critical thinking and skepticism amongst Americans.
TikTok: The ticking time bomb of the US-China relationship
Since 2019, in the words of Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping, has been waging a “people’s war” against America. The regime’s aggressive influence operations, theft of intellectual property, and facilitating fentanyl trafficking in America are legion. Yet some of the best-known China scholars and Wall Street investors continue to push “engagement” at any cost, with Harvard scholar Graham Allison recently describing the U.S.-China relationship as conjoined twins, sharing a digestive system.
TikTok has been described as everything from the greatest weapon the CCP deploys against America and the West, to purely a free speech platform, to a platform that must be kept out of the hands of the U.S. administrative state at any cost.
CONTROLIGARCHS
Exposing the Billionaire Class, Their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life.
Seamus Bruner is the Vice President and Executive Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI). Bruner has worked with GAI President Peter Schweizer since 2011 providing pathbreaking research that has appeared on the front pages of virtually every major media outlet. Schweizer’s and Bruner’s bestselling literary revelations have kicked off multiple FBI and congressional investigations into political elites such as the Clintons and Bidens. Now, Bruner takes on his most ambitious targets yet: the ‘Controligarchs,’ a term he coined for the billionaires and bureaucrats—such as Bill Gates, George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Klaus Schwab—who are plotting and scheming to dominate every aspect of our lives.
Followed by Q & A with Hollywood Insiders:
Producer Mike Smith and Author/Journalist Liz Crokin
Hollywood Propaganda: What is it, who wields it, and how it works.
From the creators of Out of Shadows, we feature Into the Light, a movie made to bring to the surface that psychological operations (PSYOP) are present and active in today's society. Into the Light features experts in PSYOP and mainstream media manipulation General Michael Flynn, Lara Logan, and others.
In this private screening you will hear from those at the tip of the spear, piercing the curtain of Hollywood, exposing propaganda and illicit and illegal activities in the movie industry far beyond widespread allegations.
This project brings an unbiased viewpoint to the control being done through psychological operations in hopes of activating a community of people who are not afraid to stand up for the truth and make a change.
Join us for an eye-opening evening.
The Future of Truth:
How Technology Will Save Us from Legacy Media Lies
Over the past five years, the US has seen a remarkable change in its news media. News organizations that once at least wore the façade of neutrality have come out openly as partisan activists. Lockdown, lab leak, BLM, Russiagate and so many other critical issues were approached by the media not with objective fact-gathering in mind, but with a mission of driving drastic, sometimes radical change.
In this fascinating talk, Ashley will tell the story of how an innovative new approach to media is emerging from the ashes of centralized, corporate media right before our eyes. Ashley will paint a picture of a rapidly emerging future in which technology-driven innovation is revolutionizing the media as we know it.
Central Bank Digital Currency
The Single Biggest Threat to Human Liberty
We live in an unprecedented new age of monetary transaction methods. Most of us have some familiarity with digital currency or cryptocurrency. Many of us don’t know the difference between the two. And even if you know how to engage with them, are you sure if either of these will truly preserve your privacy and freedom? Or will they ensure your total obedience to government? Encroachment on centralized digital currency and crackdowns on crypto are already underway.
Join us for our 2024 Inaugural meeting January 9th. Aaron R. Day will explain Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and how they represent a form of potential tyranny recently made available through modern technology. CBDCs pose the single greatest threat to human liberty, paving the way for social credit scores, vaccine passports, digital IDs—in essence, complete tyranny through means of controlling our “money.”
2023 Speakers
Repairing America’s Broken Elections:
Ten Points to True Election Integrity
With special guest: Mark Finchem.
More than three-quarters of Americans, regardless of their personal opinion about the 2020 election, do not have confidence in the system of elections as a whole. Join us for an evening with acclaimed elections analyst and former Army Military Intelligence and Afghanistan veteran, Captain Seth Keshel, to discuss the national elections picture and Ten Points to True Election Integrity that all Americans should endorse as we seek to unify a nation divided.
Joining Captain Keshel will be special guest, Former AZ State Representative Mark Finchem, head of the Election Fairness Institute which engages in election process research to advance transparent, secure and fair elections. Their mission is focused on strict compliance with the law, chain of custody and due process to secure fair elections.
Had Enough?
Join us for a panel discussion addressing the assaults on our quality of life. Hear the perspective of victims, business owners, and law enforcement from leaders standing up to this growing plight and be part of turning this unacceptable scrounge around.
Panelists:
Steve Cooley, LA County DA 2000-2012
Matt Ross, Californians Against Retail & Residential Theft
Paul Kunkel, former local police chief and sheriff captain
School of Woke:
How Critical Race Theory Infiltrated American Schools and Why We Must Reclaim Them
Kenny Xu is the President of the race-blind advocacy group Color Us United and the leader in the successful fight to overturn the race-based admissions policies at Harvard University and all over the country. He is the author of two books: School of Woke and An Inconvenient Minority.
The Censorship Files: Why We Must Fight for Freedom
Twitter Files journalist Michael Shellenberger will speak to the terrifying threat to democracy across the Western world. Shellenberger, a lifelong liberal and environmentalist, and the bestselling author of Apocalypse Never and San Fransicko, is sounding the alarm about “woke totalitarianism,” including censorship, “de-banking,” and the war on cheap energy. To fight back, Shellenberger will argue, we need a new “normie alliance” of old-school liberals and conservatives. Come to hear his provocative call to arms.
5th-gen Warfare: A Battlefield of Information and Perception
You may not realize it, but you are a combatant in a new, insidious form of warfare, says internationally recognized scientist Dr. Robert Malone.
Past wars were fought with guns, bullets, and bombs. By contrast, the weapons of 5th-generation warfare are ideas, persuasion, and censorship. Can you fight back when 5th-generation warfare is being waged against the truth? Yes - learn how from Dr. Malone on August 8.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Dr. Malone is an internationally recognized scientist/physician and the original inventor of mRNA vaccination as a technology, DNA vaccination and multiple non-viral DNA and RNA/mRNA platform delivery technologies. He holds numerous fundamental domestic and foreign patents. He has a best selling book and over 100 peer reviewed articles with 14,000 citations.
July’s speaker was Riley Gaines, a heroic young athlete who has taken a courageous stand against the ideology that has allowed biological men to not only enter women’s sporting events but occupy women’s locker rooms and other intimately private spaces. She has refused to back down even after being ambushed, physically assaulted, and held for ransom by transgender activists at San Francisco State University.
You might cast a ballot every year or two, but you vote with your wallet every day.
Every purchase you make supports a business. Many businesses turn around and use the money you spend to support causes you abhor.
Famed radio & TV host and author Wayne Allyn Root explains how you can change this: how you can support a “patriot parallel economy” so that your hard-earned dollars aren’t used to undermine your beliefs.
It was an inspiring session with superstar Kirk Cameron, an actor, filmmaker, and author who is dedicated to sharing universal biblical truths with audiences across the country. He shared universal, historically proven principles to build and sustain free and just societies for our children and a thousand generations beyond. He presented the values reflected in the National Monument to the forefathers in Plymouth, MA. Such principles established the foundation of our modern American idea of Equal Justice and Liberty for All.
Kirk’s book, “As you Grow,” (Brave Publishing Co.) is a heartwarming children’s story that teaches important lessons about faith, love, and family. Despite facing opposition from woke mobs and librarians (who often seem to prefer to host Drag Queen Story Hour), Kirk remains committed to spreading his message of hope and resilience.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2022 Speakers
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. ("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.
"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.
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.
2021 Speakers
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.
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: 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.
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.
Internationally recognized Scientist and Original Inventor of mRNA- & DNA-Vaccination Technologies
August 10, 2021 | 7:00 pm PDT
WHERE SCIENCE MEETS FREE SPEECH:
COVID mRNA and GENE VACCINES - FROM INCEPTION TO UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES OF THE NOBLE LIE
As the leading scientist in cutting edge vaccine technology development and being at the forefront of public health responses over 30 years, Dr. Robert Malone, MD, MS is uniquely qualified to discuss the origins of these preferentially treated genetic vaccine platforms and current government implementation policies. Today, public policy, bioethics, traditional-, social- and other media censorship, academia, "Big Pharma," tech, and myriad sectors interact under unprecedented stress. Are the governmental responses we are witnessing — that reveal emergent threats to individual rights and good government — all part of the "Noble Lie?"
News Editor for Human Events and Founder of the consulting practice BrentHamachek.com.
July 13, 2021 | 7:00 pm PDT
THE DISSIDENT'S FIGHT for FREEDOM in 21st CENTURY AMERICA. . . Who we are & What we can do!
What, exactly, does it mean to be a 21st century American dissident, and who are we? With whom—or what—are we disagreeing? And what do we do about it?
Why "liberals" seem to be more willing to cheat than "conservatives"
What is the real difference between us?
What is the current power structure in today's America, and where do those who value individual liberty fit in?
What is the new American "iron curtain," and what is its weakness?
The battle to reclaim our heritage is likely to be a prolonged one. What specific steps can every freedom-loving American take to fight back?
Brent delivers an inspiring, action-focused talk that will give us not only things to think about, but also things we can do in the battle to restore individual liberty and free market capitalism.
Professor, Evolutionary Behavioral Scientist, Author of ‘The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense’, and host of The Saad Truth
June 8, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
THE WAR ON TRUTH…and its threat to intellectual freedom
Do you feel like you’re in a constant battle? Maybe not one with bullets literally whizzing by your head, but perhaps one in which you feel regularly under attack, vilified, condemned, afraid to speak out? Do you listen to political leaders’ words and see their actions that leave you wondering what country you’re in — and what has become of your America?
You’re not alone. There is a war against truth happening in the West, and if we don’t win it, intellectual freedom will be a casualty!
Author, Woke Inc: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
May 11, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
INSIDE CORPORATE AMERICA’S SOCIAL JUSTICE SCAM: A young entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism.
The modern woke-industrial complex divides us as a people by preying on our innermost insecurities about who we really are – by mixing morality with consumerism. They sell us cheap social causes and skin-deep identities to satisfy our hunger for a cause and our search for meaning, at a moment when we Americans lack both. That might make us better consumers in the short run, but it leaves us worse off as citizens in the end.
CEO/Co-Founder, OpenTheBooks, whose mission is to expose every dime spent by government in real time
April 13, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
THE DEPTH OF THE SWAMP: The American people want to know how corrupt their government is … at ALL levels!
Americans do want to know how corrupt their governments are at the local, state and federal levels. Sadly, it is worse than anyone can imagine.
Adam Andrzejewski pulled back the cover of obfuscation to reveal what’s behind the bureaucracy —
Publisher & Editor of California Political News and Views
March 9, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
Is California the "BLUEprint" for the Rest of the Country?
Is California the "BLUEprint" for the rest of the country? The Golden State, once solidly red and Ronald Reagan conservative, has become the poster child for outrageous laws and dysfunction. California's controversial laws ("Sanctuary Cities," guns & ammo restrictions, doling out taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, etc.)—all upheld by radical DAs and rogue courts—are spreading to the rest of the country.
February 23, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
COVID-19: The Disconnect Between Good Science and Devastating Public Policy
Our SPECIAL EVENT PANEL—a surprising mix of practicing physicians, an economist, an entrepreneur, and a former senator—are committed to bringing the truth to light. Often at grave personal cost, they are on the front lines spreading information about safe and effective COVID treatments that are available right now. Knowledge is power.
Author, Commentator, Middle East Correspondent
February 9, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
The Permanent Coup Continues — Is President Trump the REAL target? Or is something more complex going on?
While Trump appears to be the most obvious target, Lee Smith, widely published commentator and author of the new book: The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President, outlines how the Left's ongoing operations of chaos, rioting and misinformation are actually attacks against the foundation of our country, and every American who reveres it and what it stands for.
Legal scholar, professor, author, commentator
January 12, 2021 | 7:00 pm PST
Coping with COVID - Quarantine, Vaccines, Liberty, and Public Policy
The response to Covid at all levels of government has been the wholesale evisceration of our constitutional rights: mask mandates, lockdowns, retail shutdowns, and, most recently, a near-universal house arrest. What is the legal basis for this unprecedented government intrusion on freedom? What is the limit on "emergency powers" in a never-ending emergency? And how will the availability of a vaccine affect the debate?
2020 Speakers
National Political Reporter
December 8, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
The Conservative Populist Coalition: Durable, Expanding, Younger, and More Diverse Than Ever
Salena Zito examines what she calls the "Conservative Populist" coalition that placed Donald Trump in office in 2016. It was not the black swan event many critics suggested it was.
November 10, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
Free Speech Online - Panel Discussion with Parler and Rumble
Wide-scale censorship of conservative voices by social media titans have suppressed discussion of corruption and possible vote fraud before, during and after the presidential election. Liberty Forum proudly presents the leaders of two social media startups, Parler and Rumble, to report from the front lines in the battle between free speech and tech tyranny.
Trial lawyer, conservative pundit, author, stand-up comic
October 13, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
The Coming Crisis and the Path to Conservative Victory
Kurt is a rising star in conservative punditry and definitely should not be missed. If you haven't already had the chance to enjoy his acerbic wit coupled with mordant political commentary, please be sure to seek out his incisive work in media outlets such as Townhall.com, Breitbart, RealClearPolitics, The Federalist, American Greatness and as a frequent guest host on the Salem Radio Network.
Constitutional scholar, author
September 8, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
Defender-in-Chief: Trump's Constitutional Battles
Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo is very comfortable around controversy, but voting for Donald Trump in 2016 was a step too far. Now he realizes he was wrong - that Trump campaigns like a populist, but governs like a constitutional conservative. One of America's best-known conservative constitutional scholars, Professor Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, a Visiting Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Journalist, author, editor-at-large of The Post Millennial
August 11, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
Antifa's Revolt Against America
From coast to coast, a far-left revolutionary movement calling itself “antifa” has organized mass violence on the streets of major American cities. Despite its well-documented track record of extremism, antifa finds support on the mainstream left. Few reporters have dared to get close enough to expose this radical rabble of rioters. Andy Ngo, editor-at-large of The Post Millennial, has done so, enduring not only threats but repeated physical assaults, to shine a light on these thugs.
Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
July 14, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
Liberties and Limitations in a Time of Crisis
It often feels like we are living through a never-ending series of national crises. Mr. Schiff's talk focuses on the constitutional basis of emergency powers, the California Emergency Services Act, and how the courts view emergency measures that infringe on property and contract rights.
Robert Wesson Senior Fellow of Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University
June 23, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
COVID-19 Science, Policy and Lessons to be Learned
Many officials continue to pursue a COVID-19 mitigation policy of broad societal lockdown focusing on containing the spread of the disease at all costs, instead of the original objective of “flattening the curve” and preventing hospital overcrowding. Although well-intentioned, the lockdown was imposed without consideration of its consequences beyond those directly resulting from the pandemic. Dr. Atlas will relate how continuing these lockdown policies are yielding devastating ramifications far beyond the damage of the virus itself.
Public speaker offering insights about China
June 9, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
China, Coronavirus and the Real Solution
An inside look at China from a former member of the Chinese Communist Party.
Author, political commentator
May 12, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
Why This Crisis is Like No Other
The COVID-19 crisis hit shockingly hard and fast, and has upended every aspect of our lives, not least our liberties. The result is a crisis like none we have experienced in our lifetimes. It has been compared to a war, albeit against an invisible enemy with an objective we haven't defined.
China expert, author
April 14, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
China's Role in the Covid-19 Crisis
How China contributed to the global Covid-19 pandemic
Best-selling author
March 10, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
The Communist Takeover of the Democrat Party
Mr. Loudon’s remarkable investigative work has revealed that what is commonly regarded as mainstream political policy is in fact driven and guided by hidden subversive elements. The Democratic party’s consistent defunding of the US military, Obamacare, the Iran Nuclear Deal, normalization of relations with Cuba, Islamic refugee re-settlement, $15 minimum wage, fracking bans, pipeline shutdowns and the push for illegal alien amnesty are all consistent with far-left and Islamist agendas.
Best-selling author
Feb 11, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
Open Borders, Inc.: Who Is Funding America's Destruction?
Until recently, a national consensus held that America should be in control of its border, and that the laws on the books should be applied fairly and dispassionately to determine who can enter the United States. No more. The modern Democratic Party seems to be all-in for open borders, and, until President Trump's insurgent candidacy of 2016 shocked the political world, Republicans were at best tepid in their defense of our borders. No country can survive if it doesn't control its own borders. This used to be considered common sense. But now, if you oppose open borders, you will surely be accused of racism if not worse. This change didn't happen in a vacuum. Powerful interests with substantial resources (and a penchant for secrecy) helped usher in a new age and new attitudes about immigration. Conservative super-star Michelle Malkin exposes these shadowy actors and reveals who is funding America's destruction.
Nationally-syndicated pundit; best-selling author, columnist, podcaster, blogger
January 14, 2020 | 7:00 pm PST
The Midwest vs. Coastal Elites: a Family Squabble, or Civil War?
If you ever feel like the United States is splitting into two countries, you aren’t alone. Attitudes in the “Blue” states along the coasts and the “Red” states in the heartland are diverging. It’s as though we can’t even agree on basic facts any more. And the folks who call themselves “tolerant” seem to get less tolerant of disagreement every day. Puzzled? Frustrated? Aggravated? Join the club! (Literally - we’re always looking for new members!) Nationally syndicated pundit James Lileks shares his perspective on the split between the Midwest and the Coastal elites.
2019 Speakers
Founder, Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness
December 10, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
Teaching Love of the United States
Nick Adams, founder of the Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG), immigrated to the United States in 2016. Since then he has tirelessly extolled the virtues of the American concept of liberty.
Hillsdale Journalism Chair
November 12, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
Living in the Age of Fake News
The age of Fake News is upon us. CNN has succumbed to Trump Derangement Syndrome. MS-NBC seamlessly merges opinion with fact. CBS tries to take down a president with blatant lies, and calls their smears "fake but accurate" when they are caught. Can any reporter be trusted? Surely not every journalist is a biased hack...right? Hillsdale Journalism Chair John J. Miller reports on the state of Fake News - why it seems so prevalent; how you can detect it; and what ordinary citizens can do to fight back. Prof. Miller is known to be one of the best literary journalists in the country. He is a gifted speaker with remarkable insights.
Founder, #BLEXIT; former Communications Director, Turning Point USA
October 15, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
Blexit! The Black Exodus From the Party of Dependency
Superstar Candace Owens is leading the way in showing black Americans that liberty and economic opportunity is a better path forward than dependency on a government handout - and showing them which political party leads the way in the right direction. Candace Owens left the Democrat party in 2016 and launched the BLEXIT movement, showing black Americans that the Democrat Party does NOT have their best interest at heart. Her powerful testimony to Congress explains that the real problem facing Black America is not white supremacy (which is a tiny, fringe occurence), but rather the absence of fathers. She is single-handedly leading thousands off the Democrat plantation. Her Twitter exchanges with the likes of Kanye West and Donald Trump have become the stuff of legend.
President, Heritage Foundation
September 10, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
Charting True North: the Future of the Conservative Movement
Kay Coles James scared Google so badly, they disbanded an advisory board they created before it could even meet. As President of the Heritage Foundation, America's premiere conservative think tank, Ms. James is an articulate defender of the values of America's founding. Leftists threw a fit when Google put her on an advisory panel earlier this year. Rather than defend the decision to include someone who might not agree with the liberal party line, Google scrapped the panel altogether. (Nothing says "tolerance" like refusing to tolerate a black woman who thinks for herself.) She is no stranger to public policy and leadership. She has been making conservative solutions a reality in all levels of government and academia for over 30 years. She is a thought leader whose position at the helm of the Heritage Foundation cements her legacy as a leading light of the conservative movement.
National Review columnist; former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
August 13, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
The Mueller Probe
The hysteria brought on by the radical left in opposition to President Trump has done incalculable damage to the country. Credulous journalists were convinced that Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump administration would reveal collusion with a foreign government that would end his presidency – or at least cripple it, to prevent his policies from being enacted. Instead the Mueller probe ended with a whimper – no collusion. And yet the left persists in repeating its discredited accusations of scandal. Was Mueller's probe legitimate? Or was it, as some believe, a soft coup - an attempt to reverse the 2016 election and take down President Trump. Andrew McCarthy, the prosecutor who gained fame putting the blind sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and his cohorts in prison, has spent countless hours investigating the investigators. Mr. McCarthy is a senior fellow and columnist at National Review. Mr. McCarthy reveals what he has learned.
War trauma expert; retired Army colonel
July 9, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
What Really Happened at Fort Hood
Despite saturation media coverage of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the truth of the event remains shrouded in mystery. War trauma expert Dr. Kathy Platoni witnessed the slaughter first-hand. She will join us to share what really happened the day an Islamic lunatic infiltrated the US Army and murdered his fellow soldiers en masse.
Senior attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation
June 11, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
In Defense of Property Rights: Protecting Private Citizens Against Government Overreach
Ronald Reagan famously said that the nine scariest words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." There is much truth behind this wry humor. Government bureaucrats wield enormous power to take private property, or to encumber it in ways that make it effectively unusable. But what can a private citizen do against the awesome power of government? Damien Schiff, Senior Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, has an answer. Mr. Schiff defends families against government infringement of landowner rights. He focuses on private property rights, especially environmental and land-use issues.
Former Republican political aide and founder of ClimateDepot.com
May 14, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
Climate Hustle: Debunking the Climate Change Hoax
If you listen to liberals, you might think the Earth is constantly on the verge of destruction - and the only way to stop it is to give government more control over your life. Elite liberals are only too happy to sacrifice YOUR lifestyle choices to prevent the disaster on the horizon. And the threat has inexplicably evolved over the past several decades: remember nuclear winter, or global warming? Every time the data doesn't fit the desired conclusion, the rules of the game change. Marc Morano, founder of climatedepot.com, has done phenomenal work exposing the fraud. He is a prominent skeptic of the modern dogma that mankind (and especially the US) is making choices that are causing the climate to change. He is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change. Come see him live and in person, and learn how you can help defend liberty against the hoax known as Climate Change.
An American Roman Catholic priest, and the founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a political, religious, and cultural commentator
April 9, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy
Father Robert Sirico is the founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. In his popular book, Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, Rev. Sirico shows how a free economy is not only the best way to meet society's material needs but also the surest protection of human dignity against government encroachment. Animated by a strong sense of social justice, he began a well-intentioned but ill-conceived career in leftist activism until a serious grappling with the principles of economics (and reality) led him to reevaluate his commitments, and discover the moral foundation of a flourishing society.
American writer and television producer in Hollywood, screenwriter and executive producer for the long-running television program Cheers
March 12, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
Stop Whining and Start Rolling! How Conservatives Could Own the Culture If They'd Just Stop Complaining About It
Award-winning Hollywood writer / producer Rob Long says that if conservatives would stop complaining and refocus their energy, they could own the culture and take it back from liberals!
Nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host and writer. Founder, Prager University
February 12, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
The Bigger the Government, the Smaller the Citizen
Dennis Prager discusses some of his favorite themes, explaining how bigger Government - of the sort advocated by so many on the Left today - leads to smaller citizens.
Dean, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy
January 9, 2019 | 7:00 pm PST
US Colleges: Irredeemably Leftist... Or Is There Hope?
Pete Peterson, Dean of Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy, is a leader of a growing "Viewpoint Diversity" movement that seeks to restore balance to college campuses. He shares his ideas on how “sanity” may soon be back on the syllabus.
2018 Speakers
Author, screenplay writer, podcaster
December 11, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
The Midterms: What the Heck Just Happened??
Andrew shares his insights into the midterm elections, and helps us understand: what just happened??
Senior writer for National Review, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom
November 13, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
The Threat of Intolerance
National Review senior writer David French explains how the First Amendment can protect us from the intolerant society the Left is trying to create.
Former Secret Service agent, bestselling author, podcast host
October 22, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
Spygate: The Biggest Scandal in American History
Former Secret Service agent and bestselling author Dan Bongino tells us about Spygage, arguably the biggest political scandal in American history.
Executive editor, National Review
October 9, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
The Impact of Immigration: Melting Pot or Civil War?
National Review executive editor Reihan Salam asks: will the America of the future be peaceful and united, or will it be filled with strife?
Radio host, writer, attorney
September 11, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
Trump - The First 500 Days
International radio star Larry Elder gives his perspective on the first 500 days of the Trump administration.
Founder & President, Pacific Justice Institute
August 14, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
Parental Rights and Other Civil Liberties
Brad Dacus founded the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) to defend parental rights and prevent exactly the sort of nightmare scenario the Left desires. Under Mr. Dacus' brilliant and determined leadership, PJI has developed a stellar reputation as a staunch defender of civil liberties.
American columnist, political analyst, and best-selling author
July 10, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
The Feminine Mistake
"The Feminine Mystique"? In the Age of the #MeToo Movement, "The Feminine Mistake" might be more apt.
American columnist, political analyst, and best-selling author
June 12, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
American Pravda
The preeminent guerrilla journalist of our time, James O'Keefe fearlessly exposes the corruption, hypocrisy, and lawlessness of the Left.
Senior Fellow, Independent Institute; Director, Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation
May 8, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
California's Public Pension Crisis: Why It Matters to You
California has promised generous pensions to government employees over the past several decades. These promises are already straining the state's finances and may eventually bankrupt us. Independent Institute Fellow Lawrence McQuillan explains how this will profoundly affect every Californian.
National Review Online editor
April 10, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
The Second Amendment: Where did it come from, and where is it going?
The Second Amendment is under withering assault. National Review Online Editor Charles Cooke explains why the right to keep and bear arms is still indispensable.
Syndicated columnist, bestselling author, commentator
March 13, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
In Trump We Trust
A review of the most monumental, paradigm-shattering, vilified presidency in history; what’s been accomplished, what’s left on the table and what Americans can do to ensure the moment is not wasted.
Economics Professor at Hillsdale College
February 13, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
Is Capitalism Good for the Poor?
Liberals would love for you to believe that free-market capitalism only helps the rich, and that socialism helps the poor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Socialism is an evil ideology that has killed millions, while free markets have lifted millions out of poverty. Hillsdale Prof. Gary Wolfram explains all you need to know to refute the liberal narrative.
Syndicated radio hosts
January 30, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
How the Media's Love For Polarized Politics Led to 2016's Shocking Election Result
Michael Medved explains why the media pushes polarized politics, creating hostility and driving Americans further apart. Mike Gallagher discusses the epic disconnect that led to the most shocking election in America's history.
Senior Director of Pacific Research Institute's Center for Education
January 9, 2018 | 7:00 pm PST
Corruption in the classroom, and how it relates to school choice
Lance Izumi, Senior Research Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, describes the educational malpractice now frequently committed in America's modern, corrupt classrooms; and explains why parents should have the right to exit the public school system.
2017 Speakers
Author, essayist, political commentator
December 12, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The War Against Reality: how Americans can do battle against a culture gone insane
Pundit/comedian Andrew Klavan helps us laugh at the insanity of it all at our annual Christmas/Hanukkah party.
CEO, American Uncensored News Network
November 14, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
Fake News
We've been marinating in Fake News for decades. It's simply impossible to avoid. Media entrepreneur and news business expert Dana Allen tells us what we can do about it.
National Review fellow, syndicated columnist, bestselling author
October 10, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The Suicide of the West
Best-selling author & syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg explores why the West appears to be committing suicide before our eyes.
Claremont Institute Fellow in American Studies
September 12, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
Progressives vs. Conservatives: America in the Balance
Conservative speaker Larry Greenfield, a Fellow in American Studies at the world-famous Claremont Institute, makes no apologies as he fights for conservative principles. And he takes the fight wherever the progressive vision is on the march - Hollywood, academia, the news media, or anywhere else.
Advocate for states rights
August 8, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
How to Stop Rogue Judges in Their Tracks
Mr. Stovall, an outspoken community activist, pushes state legislators and governors to take a stand against an ever-growing and ever-more-unconstitutional federal government. Mr. Stovall founded the delightfully-named organization "GET OFF MY STATE" to advance the principles of federalism and re-balance the relationship between the states and the Federal government.
Manhattan Institute Fellow; contributing editor, City Journal
July 11, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The War on Cops
Ms. MacDonald eviscerates the false narrative promulgated by #BlackLivesMatter about policing, crime, and race.
Associate Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
June 13, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The Least Dangerous Branch? The State of the Judiciary
Few people have done as much to defend the individual rights guaranteed by the US Constitution as Clint Bolick. A co-founder of the Institute for Justice, former VP of litigation at the Goldwater Institute, and now an Associate Justice on the Arizona Supreme Court, Justice Bolick has sued government bureaucrats on behalf of private citizens, and pursued the cases all the way up to the United States Supreme Court.
British journalist, author, commentator
May 2, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The World in Turmoil: Islamic Europe, or Western Spring?
Famed journalist and Islamic expert Melanie Phillips describes the threats and opportunities confronting Europe today.
American classicist, Hoover Institution research fellow
April 11, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
If You Like Your Constitution, You Can Keep Your Constitution
Author and scholar Bruce Thornton describes the Progressives' decades-long war on the Constitution.
Research Fellow, Independent Institute; author
March 14, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
Failure: The "Misedukation" of America's Children
Education expert Vicki Alger explains how the US Department of Education has helped to "misedukate" American students for years, doing incalculable damage to the country in pursuit of arguably laudable goals.
Journalist; member, Wall Street Journal editorial board; Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
February 14, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
The State Against Blacks
Mr. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Such Progressive favorites as minimum wage laws, affirmative action, and limits on school choice, only serve to diminish liberty and harm those they are intended to help.
Executive Director, Benjamin Rush Institute
Janaury 10, 2017 | 7:00 pm PST
Next Generation Medicine: What Are the New Possibilities?
Dr. Beth Haynes, Executive Director of the Benjamin Rush Institute, has been a leading health care policy expert since long before Obamacare was foisted on the country. Dr. Haynes champions policy reforms based on free markets, individual choice, and the doctor-patient relationship.
2016 Speakers
Author, commentator; founder, Foundation for Liberty & American Greatness (FLAG)
December 13, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Political Correctness: Making the American Dream a European Nightmare?
A recent immigrant to the United States, famed author and commentator Nick Adams knows all too well how Political Correctness can turn the dream of liberty into the nightmare of totalitarianism and intolerance. Europe is already far down this bleak path. Mr. Adams explains what the United States must do to retain its freedoms and avoid the same fate.
Author, ordained minister, "Dr. History"
November 15, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Back to the Future: The Meaning and Hope of the 2016 Elections
By any measure, this has been a crazy, tumultuous, and highly unpredictable election year. Inspirational speaker Charlie Self (known as "Dr. History" to his fans) helps us make sense of the results of the long-anticipated 2016 election.
Political commentator, author, filmmaker; former president, King's College
October 18, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Pretext For Prosecution: Disagree With the Left, Go to Jail
The creator and driving force behind the most popular documentary of 2016, Hillary's America, Dinesh D'Souza has made himself a target of the progressive movement. They have used the power of the state to attempt to silence him. Fortunately, the First Amendment has protected Dinesh's right to advocate for his beliefs, which he has exercised to devastating effect in his best-selling books, movies, articles, and speeches.
Radio host, NRA News
September 13, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Self Defense Is a Human Right: Why Gun Control Doesn't Work
Second-Amendment expert Cam Edwards understands that the right to self-defense is a fundamental human right. Gun control measures pushed by liberals not only infringe on that right; but, by disarming law-abiding citizens, create tempting targets for criminals. So why are they trying so hard to turn citizens into targets?
National Review columnist; former Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
August 9, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Still Willfully Blind: A Generation of Ignoring the Islam in Radical Islam
Best-selling author, former US Attorney and National Review Institute Senior Fellow Andrew McCarthy discusses the willful blindness behind the Obama administration's refusal to acknowledge the Islam in radical Islam, and explains how that blindness is endangering us all.
Comedian, speaker, author
July 12, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
The Language of Liberalism
If you think "funny conservative" is a contradiction in terms, then you've got to see Evan Sayet in action. Hilarious and thoughtful at the same time, he skewers the progressive left with the brutal, inconvenient truth. Mr. Sayet has us laughing at the absurdity of modern "liberal logic"...which, come to think of it, is the real contradiction in terms.
Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute; Objectivist; entrepreneur
June 14, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Equal is UNfair
Contrary to what you have been told, the real threat to the American Dream isn't rising income inequality, but an all-out war on success. The key to making American a freer, "fairer," more prosperous nation is to protect and celebrate the pursuit of success - not to pull down the high fliers in the name of equality. Yaron Brook explains why the equality demanded by progressives is not only unfair but a threat to American liberty.
Law Professor, Chapman University School of Law
May 10, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Barack Obama Is Not King, But Ted Cruz Is a Natural-Born Citizen - These and Other Immigration Controversies in 2016
John Eastman, a nationally-renowned expert on United States immigration and constitutional law, tackles head-on the hottest, most controversial social issue of the day: Immigration.
Fox News Channel contributor; American veteran
April 12, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
The US Military: Winning Wars, Not Social Engineering
Decorated combat veteran Pete Hegseth explains how the US military can be put to right again after years of downright silly policies that put "winning wars" at the bottom of the priority list, below social engineering experiments.
Conservative commentator; (former) National Review columnist
March 8, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Why Nothing Works: The problem of political centralization and how it stifles innovation
Why does our political system appear to be irredeemably broken? Why are improvements fleeting, and quickly overtaken by new failures? Why does "Political innovation" seem to be an oxymoron? Kevin Williamson from National Review explains all this, and more.
Senior editor, National Review
February 9, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Monsters, etc.: Dictators, Their Children, Our Children, and Election 2016
What happened to the children of history's most evil tyrants? Why are college students today so fragile that they need to be protected by trigger warnings and safe spaces? And: what do these topics have to do with each other...or with the 2016 election? Jay Nordlinger explains.
Journalist, columnist, blogger, podcaster
January 12, 2016 | 7:00 pm PST
Life in the Bubble: Being a Conservative in the Media
Funny and provocative commentary. James Liliks describes life as a true conservative in the media.
2015 Speakers
President, Judicial Watch
December 8, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
The Crisis of Corruption in Washington, DC
Tom Fitton describes the crisis we are facing in Washington, DC with endemic corruption at all levels of government.
Author, columnist for Town Hall
November 10, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
High Tech and the Conservative Insurgency
Kurt Schlichter describes a conservative insurgency to restore constitutional principles and freedom - as unlikely as that sounds.
California state director, Americans for Prosperity
October 13, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
California's Man-Made Water Crisis
David Spady explains how government and special interests have worked together to turn a drought into a full-blown crisis.
Founder & Executive Director, Turning Point USA
September 8, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
How to Win Over Millenials Using Liberty and Freedom
Charlie Kirk is the 21-year-old Founder and Executive Director of Turning Point USA, a national student movement that turns young people on to the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government. Since founding the group in June 2012, Charlie has expanded Turning Point USA so that it now has a presence at over 1,000 high schools and college campuses nationwide.
Member of Dutch Parliament; founder, Party for Freedom
August 11, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
Hard Facts About Islamic Extremism
Geert Wilders shares hard facts about Islamic extremism engulfing Europe and threatening to extinguish freedom.
National Review contributor, author
June 9, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
The 2016 election
National Review columnist Jim Geraghty shares his thoughts on the upcoming election of 2016.
Former United States Representative, US Army Colonel
May 12, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
National Security
Vice President of Development, Compact for America
March 10, 2015 | 7:00 pm PST
Balanced Budget Amendment
2014 Speakers
December 2014 - Adam Guillette
April 2014 - Dr. Burton Folson
February 2014 - Victor Davis Hanson
February 2014 - Freedom to the Latino Community
2013 Speakers
December 2013 - Michael Ramirez
November 2013 - Senator Jim DeMint
September 2013 - Elizabeth Nickson
August 2013 - Steve Forbes & Elizabeth Ames
April 2013 - Dr. David J. Bobb
January 2013 - Dr. Yaron Brook
2012 Speakers
December 2012 - Armstrong and Getty
October 2012 - Jesse Lee Peterson
February 2012 - Dr. Gary Wolfram
2011 Speakers
December 2011 - Aaron Neighbour
December 2011 - Albert Vallejo
October 2011 - Andrew Breitbart
August 2011 - Dr. Paul Gregory
May 2011 - Victor Davis Hanson
March 2011 - Lt. Colonel Joseph McGee
2010 Speakers
October 2010 - Larry Greenfield
September 2010 - Steve Greenhut
August 2010 - Steven Kirschbaum
2009 Speakers
December 2009 - Joseph McNamara
November 2009 - Jesse Lee Peterson
October 2009 - E. Floyd Kvamme
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?