The Brion McClanahan Show

Michael Lind correctly blamed Yankees for ruining America. But he also thinks Yankees should control America. You see, back in 1995, Lind wrote a book titled "The Next American Nation" where he believed a 4th revolution was needed to save the "United State." Lind argued that a type of "liberal nationalism" would produce an America where everyone would want to live. He wasn't joking. Lind contended...

When neocons start understanding that federalism--what they call radical federalism or radical decentralization--is the way forward, we might be on to something. Maybe, just maybe, Americans are waking up to reality. The United States have never been the "United State" and nationalism has always been the wrench in the spokes of the wheel. If we want political peace, thinking locally and acting loc...

The fact that the United States military has gone woke shouldn't  surprise anyone. Follow the money. The current regime in control of the  general government would not doll out huge government contracts to the  armed services if they didn't toe the line. But this also could be a  disaster for freedom in America as Glenn Greenwald recently explained. I  cover our new woke g...

Now that HR 1 has died in Congress, the Biden administration jumped to a predictable conclusion: tie up the Georgia elections bill in federal court. This is straight out of the left's playbook. If you can't work through the legislative process, get a bunch of unelected judges to do your bidding. Of course, the left hates "democracy" when it doesn't go their way, and more importantly, they have onl...

Joe Biden is an empty suit interested in nothing but the pursuit of power. How do I know this? Because he made becoming president his life's mission. He also doubled down on one of the most idiotic statements he ever made last week: the general government made it illegal to buy a cannon in the nineteenth century. Nope. You see, Biden wants to push a gun control agenda no matter the facts. I talk a...

When a sitting Republican United States Senator tells his audience to ditch federal politics and run for local office, thinking locally is catching on. Who has been saying this for years? And when other conservatives are starting to seriously talk about real federalism, we're winning. Both of these developments are great. Sustaining them will be harder, but that's where you come in. I discuss thes...

Singer Macy Gray thinks the United States flag has to go. Why? Because to her it now has the same meaning as the Confederate Battle Flag thanks to Trump supporters. I've said that the Left will come for every traditional symbol of the United States. It wouldn't stop with Confederate imagery. I told you so works here, too, but so does No, Shut Up. I discuss Gray and the Flag in this episode of The...

Two listeners sent me a couple of requests about Canada, and since our friends to the North are an important "think locally, act locally" demographic, I thought combining their questions would make a good show. Canada, just like the U.S., is dealing with woke madness. On the other hand, Canada is more firmly committed to federalism and decentralization than the United States. That might be due in...

A couple of months ago I wrote a piece for Chronicles Magazine explaining why the 1776 Project was flawed. In short, it allowed for the Left to punch holes in what "conservatives" were selling. Michael Anton attempted to take me to task. I explain why I was right in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory....

The creation of "National Independence Day" or "Juneteenth" as a federal holiday caught many off guard. This happened quickly, and almost immediately the Left began promoting the day as a recognition of the "day that ended slavery in America." Except it didn't. Slavery didn't end until December 6, 1865, and if you listen to the Left from 2018, slavery didn't end then, either. This is what makes th...

According to some news outlets, Trump has mentioned that he'll be back in the White House in August. This isn't likely (or possible) unless several things go his way and a federal court places him back in the executive mansion. There are other possibilities, however, for a Trump return. Some of them are far fetched, but the historian in me would love to see them just for the entertainment value. I...

Is Joe Biden a placeholder? If so, what comes next? Are we looking for "national" solutions to our political problems or is there another way? Kurt Schlichter wonders aloud about our future at Townhall.com. While I agree with his assessment of the political situation, I think the answer to what comes next is simple: think locally, act locally. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show...

This is a given. Democracy lets the stupid show. But more importantly,  it allows for stupid people to write stupid articles that show their  stupidity, like at NPR where a reporter suggests we are sliding into  minority rule. Interesting because the Left never complained when they  were the minority and insisted on "minority rights." You see, stupid. Of  course, nationali...

Is America a "nation"? Nope. George Packer at The Atlantic identifies four American political cultures that he thinks are nearly irreconcilable. He doesn't believe in an amicable divorce, but he wonders how America is going to move forward--when we spring from the same headwaters--if we can't get along. Packer is living in a Lincolnian nationalist dream, and to him, the only path forward is a reco...

Conservatives cheered a recent federal court decision to strike down California's "assault weapons" ban. The federal judge who issued the ruling suggested that an AR-15 was no more of an "assault weapon" than a Swiss Army knife. I agree, and thus it seems that this was a good day for the Constitution. Except it wasn't. The federal judge struck down a STATE law by using the faulty incorporation doc...

The 1776 Commission people like to think they are diametrically opposed to the 1619 Project. They aren't, at least not in principle. This presents a problem for American history. When you have two sides of the same coin arguing over who has the correct (leftist) interpretation of American history, we're doomed. I discuss the problem in this Episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahana...

Jeremy Carl thinks we are in a new secession crisis. The culprit? Democrats who have seceded from traditional American society. To make matters worse for Carl, these Democrats control the general government and are using it to punish their opponents. Carl then suggests what we need is a Lincolnian response to the problem, but he is too blind (stupid) to see that his hero, St. Abraham, CREATED, the...

June 6th, 2021 marked the 77th anniversary of Operation Overlord, better known as the D-Day invasion of Northern France during World War II. This was the beginning of another refounding of the United States. The men who stormed the beaches at Normandy that day or who died during the War didn't know it, but the political class had plans for a restructured America following the War, one based on a t...

A recent piece at LewRockwell.com provided a step by step process for winning a local election. This is important. Instead of running for Congress, you should run for your local school board or city council. Here's how you win. It isn't rocket science, but it does take some work. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/suppo...

Economics matter, even when the neo-revisionists state otherwise. Policy decisions are almost always motivated by economic factors. The War between 1861-1865 was a class of economies, not just labor. The same can be said for our current conflicts. The Green New Deal is being marketed as a solution for racial injustice. But is it? And who would lose in this process? Mostly white blue collar workers...

Gwen Stefani stepped in it. She refused to tell a dimwit gossip writer if she is a Republican. The horror. Who cares? Really. But Stefani doesn't understand the tenets of wokism. You must assimilate or be canceled. It wasn't good enough that 51 year old Gwen put down her Obama bonafides. Nope. That's last decade. This reporter expects the middle aged Stefani to act like she's 20. This is a fine ex...

Sometimes even neoconservative Lincolnites get something right. Michael  Lind doesn't think Confederate statues should stay up, but he correctly  identifies the real problem in modern America: Yankees. Lind suggests  that much of what we are seeing in modern society is "Yankee revenge." I  agree, though with some corrections to his narrative. I discuss his  piece in this e...

Americans need myths, and the most important myth is the Lincolnian myth of American history. This pits good guys (Lincoln) against bad guys (Calhoun) in an epic struggle for the soul of America. But Western Civilization hasn't always been receptive to this kind of mythmaking. I discuss the problem in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan....

The new commission to "scrub" Confederate names from the American military has identified over 100 possible offending items. All Your Base Are Belong To Us. Our new enlightened woke military leaders, among them Woke General Ty Seidule, have decided that these people were traitors and need to go. You can't say we have to get rid of them because they owned slaves. That would eliminate George Washing...

Supreme Court Justice Kagan doesn't like it when her colleagues disregard precedent. At least she doesn't like it when they disregard precedent she likes. But the precedent she likes disregarded years of prior precedent. This is why no one like the federal court system and why we should never trust the court to save America. Thomas Jefferson would have agreed. I discuss this foolish circle in this...