Resistor Vic Podcast

Most Americans have never read the Church Committee report. Maybe they should. In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, the federal government used surveillance powers against Americans exercising constitutional rights. Congress investigated those abuses and concluded that senior officials believed national security placed them above the law. That investigation eventually led to FISA. In this video, I explore...

The attacks have started. A former vice-chair of the Colorado Republican Party decided to attack me publicly while defending PAC money and outside influence in HD47. Apparently the Republican establishment is beginning to realize that I’m not a placeholder candidate. In this video, I respond to the claim that my support somehow matters less because it comes from thousands of ordinary people instea...

This week, Mike interviews Gena Ozols . Democratic Party candidate for Colorado State House District 3. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

Americans have been talking about voting for “the lesser of two evils” for decades. But not every election is actually a choice between evil and evil. In this piece, I look at where that mindset came from, why it became so common in modern politics, and why I think voters have more power than we sometimes admit. I also give a few examples of candidates, that if they win their primaries, will allow...

People constantly tell me that both parties are the same. In this video, I explain why I think that belief has become a political trap — one that benefits the people steadily dismantling democratic institutions while encouraging the public to disengage in cynicism. Using Mary Howitt’s “The Spider and the Fly” as a metaphor, I compare the very real differences between the modern Republican Party an...

Politicians love talking about redistricting maps. I’m more interested in the people living inside those lines. This idea that voters in “safe districts” are automatically locked in is part of what got us into this mess in the first place. Democrats stopped showing up for rural America years ago. Republicans learned they could win by simply reminding voters of that fact while slowly disappearing t...

I meant to schedule this video to post Monday morning. I don’t know what happened but I hate that I screwed it up. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

This week, Big Mike is interviewing Michael Dougherty Michael is currently the Boulder County District Attorney and is in a four-way primary for Colorado State Attorney General. I have to admit that I’m a little jealous of Big Mike after listening to the interview. Michael Dougherty has many positions that line up well with things that I hope to accomplish as a state legislator. Learn more about t...

Corporations are already using AI to analyze our data and decide how much we’ll pay and how little they can offer in wages. That’s not innovation. That’s exploitation. Even if it sounds far-fetched, imagine turning that logic around and using AI to determine what corporations should pay in taxes, based on profits, buybacks, layoffs, and subsidies. In Colorado, House Bill 26-1210 would stop compani...

Jim Crow wasn’t just a set of laws — it was a system built to silence voters, segregate communities, and deny representation. After the Civil War, Black Americans began to gain political power during Reconstruction, and the response was swift: poll taxes, literacy tests, gerrymandering, and legalized segregation. That system lasted for decades, reinforced by Supreme Court decisions like Plessy v....

Big Mike (Mike Fransingue) continues to cover the podcast while I work on my campaign for Colorado State House District 47. This week he interviewed Dr. Anna Keke , on of two Democrats in the primary race for Colorado State House District 41. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit resistorvic.substack.com/subscribe

This isn’t about one bad stop or one mistaken accusation. It’s about a system that scans billions of license plates every month and treats its own data as certainty. In Colorado, we already have real examples of people being pulled over or accused of crimes because that system got it wrong. And once that happens, the burden shifts. People have to prove their innocence instead of the system proving...

This has been a long time coming. Before I decided to run for Colorado House District 47 (learn more about that here: Vic Meyers for Democrac y), I committed to having a TikTok live event and then a YouTube live event and, if things went well, a Substack live event to use my channels to promote artists who perform resistance music. This should have happened two months ago but since I announced my...

Congress just rushed through another extension of Section 702, a surveillance program that allows the government to collect communications without a warrant. It was designed for foreign intelligence. But in practice, it has already been used to conduct hundreds of thousands of searches on Americans. That’s not a future concern. That’s already happened. The bigger issue isn’t just how the data is c...

I think I finally know what it’s like when folks who like to pan for gold find a big nugget. I initially invited Kelly Thompson, congressional candidate for Indiana CD3, because her ABOUT page on her website talks about how she used to be a Republican. While preparing to record, I read more of her website and I was starting to second-guess my decision. Then I talked to her. Now I wish she was runn...

We don’t just vote for policies. We vote for the people who decide who holds power. The founders built a system to check power, requiring the Senate to confirm presidential nominees to prevent unfit people from taking office. But when we adopted direct election of senators, we didn’t just gain influence. We took on responsibility. If senators confirm unqualified or unfit individuals, that responsi...

I was eight years old, and I don’t remember every detail, but I remember the feeling. The country came together. Not perfectly, not without problems, but there was a sense that we were part of something shared. That’s what stuck with me. And it’s what feels missing right now. After I finished recording the video, something hit me. This idea is bigger than a video. It’s not enough for one person to...

Assemblies are over and Alex Kelloff is officially on the ballot to represent Colorado Congressional District 3. An unexpected challenger put his name in the hat 4 hours before the deadline. There will be a primary in this race. Will Alex, who has been campaigning for a year, emerge the winner? Big Mike is still hosting most of my episodes while I campaign for Colorado House District 47. I’ll be o...

People often ask why the military hasn’t stepped in during to save us from Trump. In this video, I explore a different possibility—one that challenges the assumption behind the question itself. Drawing on my perspective as a veteran, I walk through a scenario that may explain more than we realize, and why the absence people see might not be absence at all. Vic Meyers for Democracy This is a public...

The 25th Amendment isn’t the safety valve people think it is. It requires action from the very people who have shown no willingness to act — and Congress can’t invoke it themselves. That’s the reality we’re dealing with. So if that’s not the answer, what is? In this video, I break down what the 25th Amendment actually says, why it won’t work in this situation, and what action still matters right n...

This episode was supposed to feature Alan Govenar. Alan is a Guggenheim Fellow who made an excellent documentary on Jasper, Texas. Unfortunately, 4 hours before record-time, I received an email saying he couldn’t make it. I called my friend Will Westmoreland . We had both been wanting to do something like this for some time now so he accepted my last-minute invitation. I’m so glad he did because i...

I’ve been talking about picking a side. Now I’m asking a different question. Where is the line? At what point does this stop being politics and start being about the safety of the country and the people serving it? If you want to help me keep asking these questions and holding people accountable, you can support the campaign here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/vic-meyers-2 (ActBlue state’s in...

We are days, if not hours, from having boots on the ground in Iran. Republicans could have stopped this. Before voting on the war powers resolution they all told us that they would vote differently if this were going to be a “boots on the ground situation.” They failed. Now the coming days, weeks, and maybe years will give us more stories like that of Sergeant First Class Alwyn Crendall Cashe. Rem...

Long before I was on Substack, I made a series of videos on my YouTube channel about Trump’s long obsession with ending birthright citizenship. He’s been talking about it for over 10 years. Today it’s very likely that Trump lost before the Supreme Court. This video is encouraging people to go back and watch my Dec 2024 videos on this. These are links to the videos. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 I ho...

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. In Part 1, I asked you to picture a logjam building on our river of liberty. In this video, I zoom in. These “logs” aren’t abstract ideas. They’re real systems already in place — surveillance laws, data collection, facial recognition, AI, and the ways that information is being used to shape outcomes in our daily lives. Some people are trying to manage this. Oth...