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FPP Freedom Minute
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The Freedom Minute is a service of FPP. FPP is an independent alternative media / publishing company, founded in June 2009, with the mission of “ensuring a FREE PRESS for the FREEDOM MOVEMENT.”
Episodes
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Freedom Minute: Episode 104
It takes a lot of courage to admit when you were wrong. It takes even more courage if you were very outspoken when you were wrong. On August 8, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, wrote an article for CNN.com which states, “Over the last year, I have been working on a new...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 103
There has been a war-of-words between Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul regarding spying, defense and pork-barrel spending. Many people are taking sides, I say they're both wrong! In other news: On July 30, Pfc Bradley Manning was found not guilty of aiding the enemy in connection with…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 101
I was recently asked “How can a government operate without taxation?” I'm glad you asked, I have an answer. In other news: Ballot access news reports on the importance of opinion polls including all ballot listed candidates.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 100
On Friday July 12, Edward Snowden made a statement to human rights groups from inside Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Wikileaks reports, “The meeting lasted 45 minutes. The human rights organizations included Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and were given the opportunity afterwards to...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 99
In late June, large scale protests erupted in Egypt, as protesters demanded Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi restructure his cabinet and call early elections. On July 1, CNN reported one supporter said, "the president is staying. We believe in democracy. If people don't like him, they can vote…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 98
SCOTUS ruled on DOMA, but did not go far enough! In other news: The Keenevention has extended the early bid discount and Ballot Access News reports on Shelby County v. Holder.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 97
Many people never experience a true free-market. This lack of freedom, leads many people to believe that a free-market can't exist! In other news: Edward Snowden has left Hong Kong, and Virginia has legislative elections in November 2013, so far there are very few minor party candidates.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 95
Bradley Manning is in the midst of a twelve week show trial for exposing war-crimes that involved indiscriminate killing. Just days after his trial began, NBC revealed that the CIA did not always know who it was targeting and killing in drone strikes! In other news: FPP is now 4 years old! FPP...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 94
On May 31, 1790, George Washington signed the first copyright law, Copyright Act of 1790, which extended copyright protection to “the author and authors of any map, chart, book or books ” who were citizens or residents of the United States “for the term of fourteen years from the recording the...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 93
On May 21, Antiwar.com announced that Founder and Managing Editor Eric Garris, along with Editorial Director Justin Raimondo, filed a lawsuit against the FBI in federal court demanding the release of FBI records related to the organization. The news of this lawsuit came barely one week after it…
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Freedom Minute 92
The DOJ & IRS are involved in scandals in which they are accused of infringing on the rights if various individuals and groups.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 91
Some Congressmen and economists believe the $831 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was too small. A new proposal would spend another $227 billion in "stimulus" over the next 5 years.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 90
How long will the attacks on September 11, 2001 be used as an excuse for murder and the repression of rights?
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Freedom Minute: Episode 89
Rethinking Immigration Reform
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Episode 88
CISPA has passed the House of Representatives, and ballot access updates from Tennessee, New Hampshire & Montana.
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Episode 87
Freedom Minute #87
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Freedom Minute: Episode 84
The U.S. Senate passed a budget for the first time since 2009, and it contains more than a dozen amendments. In other news: On March 22, the trial for three protesters from Occupy NH concluded in which they were charged with criminal trespass.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 83
The US Supreme issued a 5-4 ruling in the case of Clapper v Amnesty International USA that the plaintiffs lack standing to sue the federal government over secretive warrant-less spying. In other news: Afghan President Hamid Karzai explains his "criticism" of US military operations in his country.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 82
Thoughts on Eric Holder's letter to Rand Paul. A Congressman proposes a federal gun buyback that does not include "assault rifles", and Keene, NH District Court Judge Edward Burke rules on two no-trespass orders.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 81
Bradley Manning offers a guilty plea to 10 of the 22 charges he faces. In other news: election reform laws introduced in Texas and an update on the special election to fill the 2nd Congressional district seat in Illinois.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 80
The Marketplace Fairness Act is being bounced around once again, this is the proposal to allow States to require businesses to collect sales tax on all items sold via internet and catalog. The National Taxpayers Union reports several myths have cropped up about the bill and what it would do. In...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 79
The Postmaster General recently announced that the United States Postal Service will be ending Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August of 2013. Many people are upset at this cut in service. But few people are asking the real question: why does the United States Postal Service have a...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 78
Senator Lindsey Graham recently told reporters today that his colleagues in Congress need to get behind Obama's targeted killing program, and protect the president from "libertarians and the left." And a leaked Department Of Justice white paper explicitly says, "[T]here exists no appropriate...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 77
Police and military are conducting scary drills that involve firing blanks in schools and downtown areas. A high school in suburban Chicago was locked-down as administrators fired blanks in the hallways, and TV stations in Houston & Miami are reporting of military drills that involved military...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 76
The US House of Representatives recently passed H.R.325, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013. Good bills are rarely passed with bipartisan support, this bill in an exception, right? In other news: Jill Stein & Cheri Honkala have their day in court; Colorado bill to allow Approval Voting; Tina…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 75
The federal government is approaching X Date and no one knows what will happen. In other news: Arizona proposes moving up its Presidential Primary And, Algerian officials are now expressing hope that they can come to a “peaceful” settlement with a group of hostage takers.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 74
Bartering Gets Popular... in Greece. In other news: A new hunting season in Florida and what will probably be the final lawsuit on whether President Obama meets the Constitutional Qualifications to be President has a conference date in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 73
The US government isn't the only government trying to conceal the use of drone warfare which has expanded during the Obama Administration. The Washington Post reports of a drone strike in Radda, Yemen that killed 11 of the 14 people in the truck that was hit. The Post reported, “The Yemeni...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 72
2012 Year in Review, Senate "leaders" work on a deal to avoind the fiscal cliff & FPP introduces the FANS program.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 71
President Obama has already tapped John Kerry as his next Secretary of State, a pick that should pass the Senate without issue. However, the “leading candidate” for Secretary of Defense is facing an uphill battle. In other news: US Senator Daniel Inouye from Hawai'i passed away in mid-December…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 70
Khaled el-Masri finds justice in the European Court of Human Rights. El-Masri had been kidnapped, tortured and raped by the CIA in 2003 and 2004. President Obama names his new Secretary of State and the Electoral College meets to cast their votes.
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Freedom Minte: Episode 69
The federal government is nearing the edge of the “fiscal cliff.” The term is used to describe the simultaneous expiration of tax cuts, increase in tax rates and supposedly massive spending cuts. Some argue that allowing the federal budget to be cut by $500 billion across the board will send the...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 68
Every year or two a proposal comes forth that would abolish the $1 bill and “replace it” with a dollar coin. Such a switch would save estimated $4.4 billion over 30 years or roughly $147 million per year (a drop in the bucket when compared to the federal budget of $3.7 trillion). The latest...
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Freedom Minute: Edpisode 67
The Salt Lake Tribune reports, “This season appears to mark the end of Black Friday as we know it.” Well, that's not exactly good news.It now appears that Black Thursday is here to stay.In other news:Police arrested nine people outside a California Walmart late on Friday, at a protest that was…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 66
The conflicts between Israel and Palestine have been going on for such a long time, it's difficult to know when one conflict stops and another one starts. The latest exchange of missile fire is no exception. North Carolina sets ballot hurdle for 2014 & 2016. And, Republican's join the lawsuit...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 65
President Obama became the first President since FDR to win re-election by a small margin than his initial election (Obama receive 8 million fewer votes and 33 fewer Electoral Votes in 2012 than 2008). I was not surprised by his reelection or the fact that he was reelected by a smaller margin…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 64
In a few days, voters in several States will have the opportunity to nullify parts of the Drug War. Most of the initiatives would legalize the production, possession, delivery and distribution of marijuana and would regulate the sale of small amounts of marijuana to people 21 and older. And…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 63
The Presidential election is just days away and the pundits are speculating about who will win and by what margin. Some talking heads are even saying that one candidate or another will act as a “spoiler” for one of the major party candidates in one or more States. Some people have event…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 62
Voters in Puerto Rico are preparing to reconsider the island’s relationship with the federal government. This is the first time since 1998 that voters have been asked to reconsider the fate of the island territory. No matter what the results of this vote may be or the action taken by Congress…
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Freedom Minute: Episode 61
On October 29, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons. The case revolves around the “first sale doctrine” which allows the owner of a lawfully obtained copyrighted work to dispose of that copy without the approval of the owner of the copyright....
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Fredom Minute: Episode 60
October 7 marked the 11th anniversary of the American invasion of Afghanistan. During the past 11 years, 2,000 American soldiers and untold thousands of Afghan's have been killed. The “surge” is over, and US officials insist that the mission was accomplished. US government has pledged to keep...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 59
Terrance Williams has spent the last 26 years on Pennsylvania's death row for the June 1984 beating death of Amos Norwood. On September 28, Pennsylvania Common Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina indefinitely stayed the execution. This case, much like the case of Troy Davis (who was wrongly executed on...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 58
The Presidential election is just over a month away. Which means the scripted shows known as Presidential Debates will soon be televised. Of course, these so-called debates will only present two of the two dozen Presidential Candidates, despite the fact that four candidates will be on enough...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 57
An open letter to Muslims. Ballot Access News reports from Michigan and South Carolina.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 56
Joe Biden says "fact check me," but it doesn't matter if he's telling the truth. W.A.R. leaves the LP and updates on Libertarian Party of Michigan v Ruth Johnson.
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Freedom Minute: Episode 55
In July I wrote about the possibility of QE3 and reported that Ben Bernanke told the Senate Banking Committee during the semi-annual monetary policy report the economic recovery was being held back by anxiety over Europe's debt crisis and the path of U.S. fiscal policy. It is now being reported...
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Episode 54
In late August the Pentagon announced a contingency plan in place for seizing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal should President Obama order them to do so, and that the plan involves sending “small teams” of special operations forces into Syria. In other news: Nine people were wounded and two…
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EpisodeFreedom Minute: 53
On August 13 Ademo Freeman was convicted by a jury on 3 counts of felony wiretapping because he recorded phone conversations with pubic officials without the consent of said officials. While Ademo did violate the NH wiretapping law, the NH law violates federal court precedent. Last year the 1st...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 52
In early August the Presidential election slipped to a new low. This is the most childish Presidential election I can remember, but the mudslinging is not as bad as it's been in the past. The California AIP & Reform Party nominate Presidential candidates. And be sure to like FPP on facebook for a...
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Freedom Minute: Episode 51
Richard Duncan says the economy is heading towards a "death spiral." Other mainstream economists are agreeing with him. Whether Duncan is right or wrong about how to proceed, the economy will eventually collapse. The question is not “How do we stop it?” The question is “Are you prepared?” Ballot...
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