The Brion McClanahan Show

Both the 1776 and 1619 Projects have a similar view of American history: America is an idea. One views it as a bad idea, the other as a good idea. Either way, they conceptualize Americans as tied together by ideology and nothing more. But this raises the questions: what is an American and more importantly, does such a thing exist? I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcc...

Chronicles Magazine published a special edition issue this past month titled "Remembering the Right." These 18 essays are dedicated to prominent real conservatives, not the plastic glory hounds like Dinesh D'Souza or Sean Hannity. They have their place, but Paul Gottfried did a marvelous job in bringing this collection to print. I discuss first principles in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Sh...

Chris Wallace thinks Biden's Inaugural Address was the best he's heard since 1961. This is why Chris Wallace is an idiot. In the real world, Biden's speech was historically bad and appeared to be written by one of his tween grandchildren. He's probably not sure which one or in fact where he was today. I discuss the speech in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com...

Political theater comes to Washington January 20. This will be an inauguration unlike any in American history, even Lincoln's second in 1865. The Left created a narrative of violence while President Joe promises to "unify" the United States. But looking at his agenda shows that this isn't his real intent. What will the next two years look like? I make some predictions in this episode of The Brion...

It seems the left has watched Arlington Road too many times. According to the HuffPost, "right wing insurrectionists" are planning to violently take over the government and hand it over to the Republicans. Right. The FBI and other federal "law enforcement" agencies have briefed the Congress on potential violence next week. I don't buy it, but the real cancer is Lincolnian nationalism. I explain wh...

Most mainstream social media platforms have banned Donald Trump, at least for a time. This is unprecedented in American history. No American president has ever been censored. At the same time, censorship is something Americans have faced at various times since the founding. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support htt...

Is it time to invoke the 25th Amendment? The Democrats and some Republicans think so. As you might imagine, this is a complete distortion of the original intent of the Amendment and is as laughable as it is stupid. More importantly, it's a play by the Democrats to avoid doing their job in the Congress. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://br...

A couple of listeners sent some great news the past week: their efforts at thinking locally and acting locally are getting results. Why? Because small is beautiful. Even James Madison knew it which is why his original "1st Amendment" was an apportionment amendment. I discuss in this final 2020 episode of the Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support h...

Texas is now openly talking secession. This is predictable, but Lincolnian nationalism presents a formidable roadblock. Americans are rethinking the value of Union, just as the founding generation debated the value of Union. Hamilton's Federalist No. 9 contains an interesting discussion of the topic and is fit podcast fodder. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http:/...

My last episode stimulated a lot of debate on social media, some productive, some idiotic. I appreciate the conversation, and I understand that people are rightly frustrated with the election. But as I pointed out yesterday, this lawsuit is not the correct course, either constitutionally or politically. I expand on my statements, particularly in light of the "Electors Clause" in this episode of Th...

Texas is suing several States over potential voter fraud in the 2020 Election. Many conservatives have cheered the move while the Left calls it a desperate Hail Mary for the Trump administration. The State should've just seceded. I explain why this is a bad lawsuit and a bad move for conservatives in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.c...

Every news outlet is calling Joe Biden "president elect." Except he isn't. Not until the Electoral College meets and those results are verified by the Senate. NPR actually admits this, just after calling him "president elect." They also whine about the period between the election and inauguration because bad things happen. This is what passes for serious government journalism, but it's great fodde...

The SCOTUS blocked a New York law shuttering religious services and Joe Biden wants to slap a $400 tax on "assault rifles" all while States are in the process of creating new lockdowns. If this wasn't a time for thinking locally and acting locally, I don't know when would be better. A friend of mine has a local solution for the small business pandemic. Details inside. https://mcclanahanacademy.com...

A recent piece at NewsBusters.org explains that when Biden voters were presented with more information  about Uncle Joe, 17% said they would not have voted for him. That is  huge and an important starting point for a discussion about the dangers  of “democracy” and the corporate media. I explain in this episode of The  Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https:...

Joe Biden has called for "unity," but what does this really mean for the half of the American public that didn't vote for him? We all know the answer, but the fools in the establishment think most Americans are too stupid to realize that the fix is in. I discuss American "unity" and its historical precedents in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionm...

Should Joe Biden ultimately win the 2020 election, he has already signaled that he will be issuing a slew of executive orders quickly after taking office aimed at reversing several executive orders Donald Trump issued shortly after taking office in 2017. If that seems confusing, it should be. We don't have an elected monarchy, but that is what Americans think of the presidency. This is dangerous....

America loves election fraud. Don't believe me? Just review the many questionable presidential elections from the late 19th century: 1864, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1888. And that doesn't include the thousands of times (alleged) cheating swung an election for other offices in the United States. In other words, 2020 isn't unique and it will happen again. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClana...

Donald Trump refuses to concede the election and with widespread accusations of voter fraud--and now confirmed cases--it might be another month before anything is sorted out. Maybe longer. That's because if the Republicans had any guts they could use the 12th Amendment to their advantage. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan....

Is Joe Biden the "president elect"? No. Are these the last days of the Trump administration? Could be. So, what should he do with these next two months? Lew Rockwell had some suggestions. I discuss what could happen in the next two months, what Trump should do with that time, and how stupid the modern media has become in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com http...

The 2020 election is eerily similar to another presidential election in recent history. Not 2000, but 1960. Nixon lost to Kennedy in a close contest that was full of voter fraud. Nixon conceded but never gave up the argument that it was stolen from him. He was probably right. There are many parallels between 1960 and 2000, and I cover them in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mccl...

It's time for the big reveal. Who (or how) will I vote in 2020? I did a show on this topic when the Podcast first started in 2016, and while I didn't predict the winner--I didn't try--I let you know how I would be voting in that election. I have a strategy for the 2020 election that everyone should use, particularly if you are a "none of the above" person. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://bri...

Cameron Hilditch is at it again, this time publishing several idiotic pieces on John C. Calhoun at National Review Online. It wasn't bad enough that he was eviscerated by John Grove and Lee Cheek. No. He had to double down with equal stupidity. This time I had to respond to the 12 year old Irish Straussian Neocon. This was fun. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http...

Trump the Thumper vs Glass Joe went down last week in a relatively tame final round of debates. If Trump had presented his case this way just a month ago, the polls would be quite different right now. As it stands, the "debates" were still sound and fury signifying nothing and a manifestation of our elected monarchy. I explain in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy...

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee said he's going to leave the country if Trump is re-elected in 2020. He also shared a post suggesting the "payback" Trump supporters are going to receive should Biden win in the same election. No one really cares where Tommy Lee lives, but his support for a cultural imperialistic post takes us to the Yankee problem in America. I discuss in this episode of The Brion Mc...

Progressives on the left and right have tried to stop Amy Coney Barrett's appointment to the Supreme Court. Why? Because they know that every pieces of sacred cow legislation they worship is unconstitutional. This is the natural result of centralization, and I talk about what is really at stake with her appointment in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https:/...