Who will write it? George Nash provided the blueprint.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

This time over renaming a school. Seriously. I could use this title for nearly every show.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Have wars become the norm for American government? Yes, and it has been so for a long time. The results are disastrous.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

"Moderate" Democrats worry about the DSA. They should. But is the DSA "populist"? No. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

There is some justice in the world. This proves it.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

According to one activist, yes, and with a name that almost no one used.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

War always expands presidential powers. This has been the case since the 1800s. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Rich Lowry thinks there are "natural conservatives" among members of American minority groups that will eventually fill out the GOP. Paul Gottfried correctly states, false.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Modern education ignores debate and instead relies upon indoctrination. This is a problem at universities across the world.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Hawaii Supreme Court insists it is a co-equal court to SCOTUS. They're right, even if the reasons are wrong.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreaon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Some on the left are now openly complaining about the DSA. Are they serious? Probably not.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Taki has an interesting take on 250.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Virginia has gone crazy, at least the carpetbaggers. A Virginia Court is on the right path in emphasizing the real Virginia way.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.comhttp://learntruehistory.com

The movie is fun, but don't watch it for historical accuracy.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Are we seeing the end of the 1990s GOP? One can only hope.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

This is the best short essay on the Proposition Nation Myth from a leftist perspective. It isn't correct, but it's honest.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Neocon John Yoo thinks the Declaration is the Constitution, or something like that. Just stupid.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Anti-Federalists nailed what the Constitution would do, but that is not how we should interpret the document.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

July 2: The day John Adams would represent independence. That is the key to the Declaration and almost everyone today misses it.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

We live in a Lincolnian nightmare. Or better yet the Rump Congress of 1868.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Conservatives and liberals agree, SCOTUS got it wrong, but not for the right reasons.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

If you need more proof that the 14th Amendment screwed up America, here it is.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Democrats have lost their mind over a pool, literally.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Virginia has gone full Lincolnian, except Lincolnian "conservatives" don't want to hear that.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie gets some things right sometimes. The Supreme Court doesn't own the Constitution and conventions are the voice of the people.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

It's certainly part of the problem, but also a symptom of the disease.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Secession is back in the news. Good.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

An excellent new book needs to be at the top of your reading list.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What was the real purpose of the Civil Rights movement? Paul Gottfried has some answers.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What do Trump and FDR have in common? The Massie situation.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Did federalism contribute to the free American economy? Yes.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The left has invoked Confederate imagery to disparage recent decisions by the Supreme Court. Does this work?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow.comhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Mike Pence wants to tell you the meaning of "conservatism." Bad idea.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Some think so. He lost a chance for re-election, but the Massie hate may be misguided.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Americans are far less enthusiastic about 250 in 2026 than 200 in 1976. Why?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

No, and haven't for a long time.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.comhttp://learntruehistory.com

You can't spell American Conservative with Lincoln, but people try.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Professional historians come up with new theories all the time. Many are just awful.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Florida's new history curriculum is irritating the left. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

A Tennessee lawmaker has called for Memphis to secede from the State. Could this legally happen?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The left thinks we are stuck in the 1700s and need to "progress."https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Is the United States a "creedal nation"? No, but for various reasons.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The left has whined that SCOTUS is now "legislating from the bench" by destroying "decades old" precedents. Is this true?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Has the Supreme Court created a 2028 election nightmare? The left thinks so, of course.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Should the United States "Shermanize" the world? That would be stupid.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

A new book by Jonathan Turley warns against the rise of mobocracy. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The ongoing compliant about corruption in the United States government is pure gaslighting. It has always been the key to American government.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The neo-nationalists need their foil and their lies.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

It seems the Dems have exposed their playbook. What does it mean?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Heather Cox-Richardson thinks every problem traces back to the CSA. Of course.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

It isn't good.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Not like Mississippi. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

British media historian Lucy Worsley called the American War for Independence a "messy divorce." Could the war have been avoided?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What effect has woke had on American universities? It isn't good.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

This is an important question in the 21st century. The answer is complicated.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

NATO is under attack. Is it useful in 2026? Nope.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

This is a hot political topic, but the semantics are important. What is a State? What is a nation?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

According to Heather Cox Richardson, yes. And if they tear down a marker or historic site that she supports, this is erasing history. That sounds familiar.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The left can't seem to understand that they created him, and that's why he resonates with their own people.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Even the government knows it. But no one is talking about it.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthtttp://learntruehistory.com

And that's saying something, but it's true.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie has an answer, and it should make you laugh.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

If John Tyler was the best President in American history, Cleveland was a close second. I explain why.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

I know many conservatives will have intellectual spasms, but maybe we should listen to Calhoun instead of Harry Truman or FDR on foreign policy.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/support

Leftists think it mostly started with Trump, but Congress punting its powers to the executive branch is a longstanding problem.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

A recent social media dust up encouraged Paul Gottfried to write about paleoconservative foreign policy. Is it isolationist?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Or is it the new old Confederacy? Conservatives at Fox News can't make up their mind.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

No, but not for the reasons the Trump administration might suggest.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump has not conducted the conventional Republican war, except for the fact that it began like all other post-WWII wars, without congressional authorization.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

A lot of midwits are comparing Jefferson's actions against the Barbary states to Trump's action's against Iran. This is really bad history.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump's 2026 State of the Union Address was transformational. I'll explain why.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Can the President unilaterally impose tariffs? SCTOUS seems to think so. That illustrates the problem with SCOTUS.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Can the President unilaterally wage, make, or declare war? No.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The left likes to insist that the American tradition is anti-Western Civilization. Wrong.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Governments don't like free speech. Neither does the left and unfortunately some on the right. That's a problem.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

It's actually very easy, though not in the way most historians would suggest. And we should listen to presidential critics.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie thinks almost every president has sought "common ground," that is until now. Is this true?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution is the most misunderstood language in the document. I'll explain why.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Has "America First" died? Or has it become the "Age of Trump"?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Republicans are pushing to "federalize" elections. Is this Constitutional? Does it matter?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Victor Davis Hanson is back and pushing the same bad "neo-Confederate" narrative. Are we "Slouching Toward Ft. Sumter"?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Are the Democrats trying to create a "new Confederacy" based on the old Confederacy? This is just a stupid establishment conservative talking point.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreo.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Some conservatives think Trump should emulate Jackson and send in the troops to Minnesota. This is bad history.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Ann Coulter wants Trump to send in the troops and relive the Civil Rights Era. How would that work?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Are there parallels between Kansas in the 1850s and Minnesota today? Maybe. But historical ignorance is a real problem in this instance.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

States' Rights is considered a taboo phrase in the United States. It shouldn't be. In fact, this principle is the core of American political life and the "pursuit of happiness."https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Are there limits to the Jefferson v. Hamilton "paradigm"? Maybe.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump has embraced progressive diplomacy, though progressives don't want to call it that.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Was it 2020 or 2024? Nope. And it has nothing to do with the current President.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie is rightly worried about a sickness eating away at American democracy, but as usual he cannot find patient zero.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The short answer, no. But that doesn't stop many "conservatives" from insisting it's true.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Claremont Institute gained substantial influence in the Trump administration. What does this mean for American conservatism?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

David French is upset with the "Donroe Doctrine." I would find his arguments a bit more interesting if he was a more principled non-interventionist without TDS.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

We have a new sheriff in the Western Hemisphere, Donald Trump and the "Donroe Doctrine."https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

If dedicated abolitionists opposed the "Civil War", was it really about slavery? https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

A leftist might say 2025. That would be wrong. Conservatives might argue the 1960s. Wrong again. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Today is "Bill of Rights Day" in the United States, but what does that mean? Most Americans don't understand that the BOR was only a check on federal power, not the States.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The left has always had this belief in the "angry" right, and they pat themselves on the back for figuring it out. Or do they?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Piers Morgan's interview with Nick Fuentes was must see T.V. I'll explain why.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Is the Supreme Court ready to strike down race-based redistricting? Maybe. And that would transform the American political landscape.https://mccalanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Victor Davis Hanson argues that Jefferson Davis is the root of the modern Democratic Party. It's really Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

American civil religion has adopted a new blasphemy, and it centers on power and control.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Conservatives are attempting to rehabilitate Richard Nixon's reputation. Should we do this? And why?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The first English thanksgiving in America did not take place in New England. It was Virginia First. This lost history is important for reorienting our understanding of the American past.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jill Lapore thinks "originalism" killed the Constitution. Wrong. Only it can save the Constitution.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Ken Burns has unknowingly laid waste to the "Proposition Nation Myth". I'll explain how.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The ongoing debate about American "conservatism" has led to a debate over the meaning of MAGA. How do we define it?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The real target in the ongoing "conservative" civil war is not Trump, and it isn't 2026. It's Vance and 2028.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

How much has socialism influenced the United States? A lot, actually, and not just through Democrats. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

SCOTUS refused to hear a case potentially overturning the 2015 Obergefell decision. The 14th Amendment strikes again.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and the Grand Old Stupid Party.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Has America reached its "Ceausescu Moment" regarding foreign policy? Have the platitudes and slogans of the past stopped working?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What is the most insignificant--are in reality the most misunderstood--job in American politics?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Dinesh D'Souza outlined the real purpose of the "proposition nation" myth, and it isn't history. It's also wildly ineffective.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The "brewing civil war" on the right has been ongoing for decades. Different actors but same topics.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie is troubled by this "new" imperial presidency and thinks we need to counter with an imperial congress. This is gaslighting of the highest order, but he almost gets it right.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Victor Davis Hanson argues that the 19th century Democrats are the true forefathers of the modern Left. He needs to think about John Brown's Republican Party.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Even Fox News is calling the new Confederate monument exhibit in an LA museum "barbarism." It is.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

"What do you expect when you sue the President?" Political warfare has always been part of the story of the executive branch.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Lincolnite Jamelle Bouie doesn't like Lincolnite Donald Trump. The problem is Lincolnian nationalism, but neither would admit it.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Left would have you believe that Donald Trump is an anomaly, the exception to the founding generation. They are stupid as usual.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Heather Cox Richardson has another stupid piece comparing Trump's proposed arch to an ugly federal building. Summary: Trump's arch is anti democracy.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Supreme Court is going to decide if the President can unilaterally fire subordinates, giving him complete control of the executive branch. What is the correct "originalist" position on this issue?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

If the American empire is in decline, what can save it? It isn't globalism.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

VD Hanson is at it again, this time calling Portland "Neo-Confederate". https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

So says Mother Jones. California has to go. Who am I to argue?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Should the U.S. Census only count U.S. citizens? This should be an easy question, but we know why it isn't.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Ep. 1184: The worthwhile conservative columnist is nearly non-existent in America. Why? No one knows how to write like that any longer.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

George Will laughably calls Abraham Lincoln an origianlist. Why? Because we have to understand Amy Coney Barrett. Seriously.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Does the President have full control over the executive branch? Yes, but SCOTUS argued otherwise. That might change.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Constitution Day came and went, but federalism is the reason for the season.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

With "conservative" friends like these, who needs enemies? No, the South wasn't an oligarchy.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Gavin Newsom signed legislation that directly confronts the Trump administration. Is it constitutional?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What would Calhoun say about modern American politics? We should be asking this question.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Are we facing another "sectional conflict"? Some historians say yes, and they might be right. Or it could be worse.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Who knew a law from 1798 would be current events in 2025?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

That's a good question, but in realty, who cares?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie believes some conservatives don't want to live in Lincoln's America. He's right, but the piece he wrote on this topic is glorious.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Those who insist that the Iroquois or any other Indian tribe influenced the U.S. Constitution are peddling fake history.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The "culture war" is a war over American education, and it is the perfect place to "think locally and act locally."https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What did the men who wrote the 14th Amendment really think about "birthright citizenship"?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What is American conservatism? One thing is for certain, it isn't Abraham Lincoln.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

American commitment to federalism is partisan at best. Why?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Sam Francis was booted from "respectable conservatism" in 1995, but this new biography explains why this was a mistake.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie believes Donald Trump needs a crisis to govern, kind of like the left.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Do the original "Founding Fathers" count as the current Founding Fathers? Nope.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

This is a complicated question. Really.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Progressives are again clamoring to "abolish the Senate." What if we abolished the House instead?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Gavin Newsom has declared war on gerrymandering, sorta.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump "federalized" a city that is already "federalized." Can he do that to other cities is the question.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/supporthttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Taliban Ty Seidule responds to the decision to re-erect the Peace Monument in Arlington. It's a mess.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Arlington "Reconciliation Monument" is being restored. I am cautiously optimistic this will happen.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The ghost of Antonin Scalia might be a problem for Donald Trump.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Left is convinced that Donald Trump has developed a novel authoritarian approach to the presidency. History proves otherwise.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Democrats are a disaster. So are the Republicans, but conservatives used to have a home in Jefferson's Party. What happened?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Has Marxism become the trendy virtue signal of the Left? https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Can Americans learn anything from Bastille Day? Yes, but not anything positive.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Some people are predicting the death of wokism. Is that true?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

I never thought Heather Cox Richardson could out stupid herself, but this post on the "history" of July 4 changed my mind.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

We often hear the term "right side of history", but what if this is really the wrong side of history?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Blue States are getting tough on federalism. Is this real?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Nullification is making a comeback. One historians questions if this is a good thing. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Have federal judges removed the veil? Open judicial activism is now in vogue.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Why did DOGE fail, and what does this say about American politics?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Elon Musk is forming an "American Party". What does this mean for American politics?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

44% of Californians want to secede. More importantly, over 70% favor federalism. We need more of this.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Conservatives are calling progressive resistance to Donald Trump "The New Confederacy." Progressives insist that Republicans are the "New Confederates." Both are stupid positions based on one thing: power.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The brutal smack down of Justice Jackson last week by Justice Barrett raises an important question: Is Jackson the future of SCOTUS?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The United States has officially been in a state of emergency since the FDR administration. This provided the machine to shred what remained of the Constitution.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The left is notorious for insisting on taking historical events out of context or using history to fit their narrative. A demand for "historical context" is laughable.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

George Wallace is arguably one of the most important political figures of the 20th century. Here's why.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump's decision to bomb Iran is the biggest story of 2025 to date. But how should American politicians and the public at large react to the move? https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Are some progressives starting to have second thoughts on unlimited immigration? It seems so.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump insists he created "America First" and can determine its meaning. Is this true?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has a new idea. Don't just badger people with slavery. Instead, badger them with slavery and progressive politics.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Heather Cox Richardson is why the history wars matter. But she doesn't realize that she and Donald Trump are two sides of the same coin.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Does America need a Caesar? No.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Lincolnites won't know how to react to Trump and California. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The federal judiciary is out of control, but how do we fix it? This might be one solution.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

American nationalism is based on a lie, the Lincoln Pork Chop.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

What could Americans learn from 18th century Virginia? A lot.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Do we need an American "aristocracy"? Sort of. We need gentlemen.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Secession is in the air tonight...in Canada. Good.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie thinks so. In fact, he believes American conservatives have been waiting for this for decades. Can you say projection?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Tragically, the Nottoway plantation burned to the ground. The response from the stupid establishment historian and social media crowd was predictable.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Should conservatives be the new DEI hires in American universities? If the institutions were smart, yep.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

If John Yoo supports it, you should be against it. See Abraham Lincoln and executive power.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump is considering suspending habeas corpus. Is this a presidential power? Nope. But there is a dirty little secret involved.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Where have you gone Richard Weaver? More importantly, why do mainstream conservatives ignore the South?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

It's been 100 days since Trump took the oath of office. How does this compare to FDR? Who cares? Those with TDS.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://pareon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Is it time for nullification? It's always time for nullification.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Was the "Civil War" and "irrepressible conflict" or was it avoidable?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Sam Francis died twenty years ago, but he may be more important now than during his lifetime. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Jefferson's political order can be described in one word: federalism. That is his "conservative" political order.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

One judge nullifying a federal law for the entire United States is the very definition of tyranny. The left doesn't think so.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Hundreds of scholars agree, we are on the road to authoritarianism. Where have they been for the last 160 years? The academy is dead.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The American War for Independence was a constitutional crisis.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Leftists used to love the federal courts, then they didn't, but now maybe they do again? They are consistently inconsistent, and it's amazing to watch.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Some conservatives think the time is right for Trump to suspend habeas corpus. The Lincoln curse strikes again.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Museum, battlefield, and historic home attendance are down. Why? Blame woke interpretation.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Impeachment of federal judges should always be on the table.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Heather Cox Richardson is arguably the most deceptive and dishonest establishment American history. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

If "Reconciliation" is indeed over, is it time to turn ploughshares back into swords?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Lee's surrender at Appomattox in 1865 was a turning point in American history for several reasons. Conservatives should take note of this one.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The short answer is no, but Congress has contributed to the problem. Of course, no one cares about the Constitution.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Is a rejection of "originalism" a rejection of the Constitution? Yes, but even defining "originalism" can be a problem.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Current polling data suggests that young Americans are moving right and that many are rejecting "mainstream" politics. What does this mean? It should be think locally, act locally.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Now that all the information about the "war plans" leak has been made public, who is to blame? https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

I'm old enough to remember when the Left achieved their entire political agenda through the federal court system and then when they weren't in power wanted to "reform the Supreme Court." Which one is it?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Good question. Perhaps because the magazine isn't really conservative? Or maybe because they are invested in the "establishment."https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump vs. SCOTUS has become very funny, and leftists don't know how to react.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Short answer, yes. But the issue is more pressing than people realize.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

"Democracy" has become so vague that a standard definition is pointless. How did this happen?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Wall Street Journal thinks Trump's foreign policy can be defined by the portrait of James K. Polk. Is this accurate?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Some Democrats are starting to think about why they lost in 2024. Most still don't get it.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

And no one fits this description better than Heather Cox Richardson. Her goal is to create a mythological America based on her "ideology" of American history. That isn't "history."https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The answer of course is no, but it doesn't stop dopey midwits from writing stupid pieces arguing this point.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump doesn't give two bleeps anymore about what anyone thinks--except the people who voted for him. The result was the most hilarious annual message in my lifetime.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

How do you know if someone is being dishonest? They argue that Trump destroyed the Constitution. https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump's efforts to trim government has worried big government advocates. Where would we be without "meaningful government"?https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

The Governor of Illinois is fighting mad that some citizens of the State want to secede from his kingdom.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Congress might be putting up an impenetrable wall to Trump's wrecking ball. Their recent "beautiful" spending bill is so bad, Trump should veto it. He won't.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump is destroying federal civil service. This is unprecedented, particularly since 1933. It deserves some attention.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

George Washington was a man among men, the first "action hero" in American history. Every American should be able to hold a conversation about his life and legacy.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Huntington Beach, California is thinking locally and acting locally. They even adopted the slogan MHBGA. This is the way.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Who was the worst president in American history? You could make a strong case for Lincoln.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

David Blight strikes again. The Encyclopedia Britannica published his "Lost Cause" article, and it's as bad as you can imagine.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Fort Bragg is coming back, but not exactly how people expected.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

A recent hit piece on Trump oddly endorsed his recent actions. I'll explain.https://mcclanahanacademy.comhttps://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshowhttps://brionmcclanahan.com/supporthttp://learntruehistory.com

Trump has killed the Democratic Party, at least for now. Don't pop the champagne just yet. Progressives never give up. But have fun while it lasts. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Trump gets to plan the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He also wants a "Garden of Heroes." What does this mean? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Trump is capitalizing on unconstitutional actions by Congress. He hasn't been the only one. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

It's hard to believe, but maybe it isn't. It's also an odd endorsement of secession. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

America is embracing secession...for Greenland. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

How will Joe Biden be remembered, if at all? Mary Grabar provides some answers, at least according to establishment historians. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump issued nearly 40 Executive Orders on his first day in office. What does this mean and what did they do? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump is President again, and he is channeling TR and William McKinley. What does this mean for America? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden believes the 28th Amendment has been added to the Constitution. Wrong, but the 14th Amendment presents some problems. We are still in the Third Reconstruction. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Steve Bannon and Elon Musk are sniping at one another through social media while the left breaks out the popcorn. What does this mean for MAGA? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

No historian can accurately write a history of secession if they are clouded by Lincoln's obfuscation of the issue. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A piece at The American Scholar gets a few things right and a lot wrong. I'll discuss in two parts. Part 1, today. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Conservatives are confused about how we should react to Trump on day one. It really isn't that hard. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Of course the answer is no, but why? And was he as bad as Con Inc. suggests? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Was Jimmy Carter a conservative? No, but in 1976, he certainly wasn't a "liberal" by today's standards, either. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support htp://learntruehistory.com

2025 is right around the corner and it's a good time to remember that thinking locally and acting locally is the American tradition. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie thinks Trump has "hollowed out" the Republican Party. One can hope, but Bouie thinks this is a bad thing. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden has pardoned thousands of people as President. How does he rank historically? And are these pardons all bad? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Paul Krugman signed off at the New York Times. It was a bad as you might have expected. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Kevin Levin is a terrible historian. He also can't read primary documents. I'll explain. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship on "day one." What does this mean and can he do it? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Department of Government Efficiency has made headlines, but what can it really accomplish? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden used the pardon power exactly the way the Anti-Federalists feared. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Start spreadin' the news. Is New York leavin' today? Maybe. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

New York Times progressive columnist Jamelle Bouie occasionally gets something right. He is rightly worried about executive power. But his concern is only because of TDS. The problem is deeper than Donald Trump. https://mcclanahancademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Democrats are rethinking their positions, and some in the Party believe they need to emphasize a "third Reconstruction." It has already started, and it's been a disaster. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Bill O'Reilly has a new book out on the presidency and if his list of the 5 worst presidents is any indication of the history contained in the tome, skip it. It's really stupid. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One academic at Vanderbilt thinks the founding generation should have accepted civil war and bloodshed to abolish slavery. How dare they avoid violence! https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The establishment hates Trump's cabinet picks. David French thinks these people aren't "serious." When David French thinks something, typically the opposite is true. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What would an independent Texas look like, and how would that affect the United States? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This is the most important and controversial issue facing a Trump administration January 1. How he handles it will matter. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Texas secession is still on, partly because the Republican Party cannot be trusted. It's think locally, act locally in action. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Gavin Newsome has discovered federalism. In fact, he said it is the cornerstone of the Constitution. If Donald Trump's election does nothing else but drive people to federalism, he has made America great again. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What does a Trump administration look like, and what should Americans continue to do over the next four years? Think locally and act locally. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This LIVE Brion McClanahan show covers the early hours of the election results. I predicted a Trump win, though I was a little conservative based on the final results. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who is going to win in 2024? And what elections matter most? It isn't the presidency. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Washington Post refused to endorse any candidate this year. Jeff Bezos argues this was done to save journalism, well sorta. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

If you needed a reason to hate the historical profession, here is another one. And from an admitted liar to boot. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One Canadian leftist thinks so. He also doesn't really understand American politics. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

When Democrats are saying this out loud, you know they are panicking. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

If you needed any more evidence that the establishment does not care for you, this latest piece by Robert Kagan should be sufficient. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who was the last President worth voting for? Trump? Reagan? Coolidge? None of the above? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The left wants to get rid of it, but why do we have it? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

It's easy if you try. And it can happen if the rest of the States wanted it. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to one leftist Canadian, you should be worried about secession because it will disrupt the establishment. Seriously. And everything that is wrong is only wrong because we think it is wrong, not because anything is really wrong. Get it? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A dopey historian claims that Trump is advancing a new "Lost Cause Myth". He also wonders aloud if the Left could create a myth of their own. Just stupid. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

It was a beautiful and astounding bloodbath. Neither Harris nor Walz could answer some basic questions about their lies and duplicity. What does this mean for 2024? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The "culture war" was created, in part, by the Supreme Court, and now the left wants the Court to stay out of the "culture war." These people are too funny. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who won the debate? Who cares? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Left hates the Constitution. Should we torch it? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to a Harvard Law Professor, yes. He is both right and wrong as I'll explain. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Stupid people write stupid pieces, and this piece is peak stupidity. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One West Point graduate argues West Point needs a reset. It's gone woke. The same could be said for the entire U.S. military. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Paul Gottfried wonders aloud if these people are worth defending. You know my answer. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to Jamelle Bouie, what really matters is how Presidents "think" about power. Is this true? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One writer at the New York Times seems to think so. But this is more complicated than one might assume. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

When the AP writes about the Constitution, you know it will be wrong. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Mark Levin and a host of other "conservative" commentators continually push this stupid talking point. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Discussing the Trump-Harris "debate" in real time. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Has "democracy" destroyed Western Civilization? Maybe. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Paul Gottfried offered his perspective on nullification and secession. Of course I had to talk about it. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The debate over nullification continues with Tom Woods correctly and clearly explaining the compact fact of the Constitution. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Washington Post argues that Kamala can do improve on her administration in her second term. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The British Parliament might eliminate the House of Lords. What does this mean for tradition? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

George Will tells Donald Trump the Constitution is clear on immigration. Period. Except that's not the entire story. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

We've moved past nominations to appointments, but the speeches don't get any better. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Ezra Klein at The New York Times says Trump has turned the Democrats into a "pitiless machine". This is gaslighting 101. They've always been that. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Is American conservatives based on "equality" or "inequality"? Hint: It isn't equality. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Yes, and as Lew Rockwell illustrates, here's why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Or is it Ronald Reagan? Or is it someone else? Good question. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Another article fostering this poor understanding of American history. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Biden has discovered the Anti-Federalists. The funny thing? He would be destroying the only way the left has acquired power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

When you are this bad at history, it's understandable why you oppose nullification. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Probably one of the worst I've read. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What is at the core of our current American political nightmare? Centralization. It's time to go back to first principles. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Did Lincoln correctly interpret the Declaration of Independence? Nope. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Anti-Federalists warned that the general government would eventually usurp control over federal elections from the States. Here is a prime example of how they were right. Note: This is mostly an audio only show. Video will be back tomorrow. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This has become a big question, and it really needs a legal answer. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Trump's acceptance speech wasn't outstanding, but he did highlight the most important job of the president: foreign policy. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

J.D. Vance caused quite a stir when he subtly rejected the "proposition nation myth". But was it enough? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

2024 could shape up to be like 1968. What does that mean? I'll explain. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

We've all heard about the "wall of separation" between church and state, but the vast majority of Americans have no clue what this means or the context in which it was said. This makes current legislation in LA and OK that much more interesting. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

We've made it to 1000. Time to reflect on what I got right and what I got...right. From originalism, to progressives, to the War, and think locally, act locally, and everything in between. This has been a blast. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

I said this could happen in January this year, and for about 8 years I've been warning about the dangerous tendencies of the political left and their rhetoric. Joe Biden cannot sweep this under the rug. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The fall of Rome eventually led to feudalism throughout Europe. Could something like that happen in America? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Seattle is hiring illegal immigrants to serve as police officers. What does this mean for the United States, how does this compare to Rome? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

American corruption has rivaled Rome for years, but it has become clear that America is becoming Rome. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A new poll finds that a "slim majority" of Americans want to preserve Confederate history. What does this mean? (Note: Episode is mostly audio only because of technical problems). https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Modern communists would like you to forget about the Cambodian Killing Fields. You shouldn't. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The new book and documentary by the Abbeville Institute take aim at the most destructive political myth in America: the "Proposition Nation". https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The left thinks MAGA is the Confederacy. The right thinks the Democrats are the Confederacy. Both are stupid. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahan.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

As usual, David French is wrong about the Constitution and the latest SCOTUS decision. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

SCTOUS has a new "gun rights" decision. It's an 8-1 mess but great Podcast fodder. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie thinks Samuel Alito gets one thing right: America is facing irreconcilable differences. But he also thinks that a Supreme Court Justice making political statements is odd and a threat to "democracy". As usual, he misses the point. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Two leftist professors think conservatives have changed the meaning of political parties. How? By playing the same game as the left. That's not what they argue, but it's the truth. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who is the quintessential Republican? Is there a historical example? Yes to both, and it might just be William H. Taft. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Washington Post worries that Trump will be a dictator in the White House. But they have not worried about that with Biden, or Obama, or anyone else. They should, because Trump would be a symptom of the disease. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

You have probably heard about political violence in the 1850s and 1860s, but did you know that Republicans did most of it? In fact, some of these people were Lincoln's terrorists. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

In 2013, Mark Levin called for an Article V Convention and a series of "Liberty Amendments." This is great and it became popular. Of course, just a few years before this, he spent a lot of time bad mouthing, name calling, and railing against the very same thing. Mark Levin has always been bad at history. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

When will "conservatives" figure out that if they rely on 19th century Republicans to defend their positions, they will eventually sound like 21st century leftists? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Thinking locally and acting locally can win. The Texas GOP added a "concurrent majority" resolution to their State platform. As expected, the left is going nuts. So what? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A New York jury found Trump guilty on 34 counts. At least we think they did. But what does this mean for American politics, and what about its place in American history? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A few really interested but often overlooked "Founding Fathers." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who were the best Founding Fathers? I got you covered. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who were the "worst" Founding Fathers? Here's a short list. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Why did Northern men fight? It might have been more practical than you think. I talked about a great book on this topic three years ago, but with Memorial Day coming up, it's a good time to revisit both the book and the why Union men went to war. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The myth of "Honest" Abe Lincoln can be easily dispelled. I give you one example from his First Inaugural Address. Lincoln lied, all the time. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

No, not the current GOP, though it's the same as Lincoln's GOP. But Lincoln and his cronies did a number on free speech and the free press during the War. Even some Lincoln worshiping historians recognize this. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Perhaps no myth or legend is quite as sensational as the "Underground Railroad." Did it exist and if so, what was it really like? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Did Nathan Bedford Forrest commit "war crimes" at Fort Pillow in 1864? And was it a "massacre"? The story is quite complex, but you would not know that if you just listened to mainstream historians. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Was Lincoln trying to avoid war at all costs? No. Was Lincoln dragged into the Civil War? No. He had options, even if modern Lincoln worshipers downplay them. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to modern psychologists, progressivism leads to depression and mental illness, something most conservatives don't experience. Why? Yankee self-righteous do-gooder busy-bodyism. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece recently that dove into the larger implications for the Trump immunity case. What would the Founding generation have said about this issue? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Historian Steven Hahn argues that America is being subjected to an "illiberal" tradition via Donald Trump. Is he correct? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Is the key to defeating the progressives "counterrevolution" or self-government? Or perhaps it is something else entirely. Hint: Think Locally, Act Locally https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

In the realm of really bad history, this opinion piece at the Washington Post might "trump" them all. But it is par for the course from the "proposition nation" mythologists. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The American Left has recently discovered that the Constitution is "flawed." This isn't really that new, but they have some really stupid solutions. Of course, the Constitution was flawed from day one, but these dopes have just started squawking because they aren't in power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

You can wave the Ukrainian flag in Congress but carrying this American symbol in the Capitol will have federal prosecutors looking to throw you under the jail. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

After a crazy leftist cooked himself alive in New York, people are wondering how this happens. Simple. Leftism is a mental disease fueled by the quest for Utopian power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Nothing says stupid like the Washington Post. I get it. And a recent op-ed on "democracy" is par for the course. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The current hit movie "Civil War" is nothing new. In fact, Americans have been writing about these "what if" scenarios for nearly 200 years. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

"Civil War" is the hottest film in America. Should you watch it? And what message does it convey? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Are we stuck with "New Right" or "Old Right"? Better yet, what is the new "New Right"? Or is there a "Third Right"? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Donald Trump has come out in defense of federalism. This didn't make Mike Pence or a lot of Republicans happy, but it is the correct Constitutional position. Here's why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Hawaii wants to tax "big oil" into bankruptcy over "climate change" and they hope to make other States comply. Is this correct? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to leftist blogger Jill Filipovic, the War never ended. You know who won? You guessed it, the South. This stupidity is just too funny to pass up. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Paul Gottfried argues that our "post-liberal" order is going to be hell. Here's why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The United States is heading toward financial disaster. If only we listened to Thomas Jefferson. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden issued an [unconstitutional] executive order in 2021 that could alter the 2024 election. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

An establishment Republican worries that Trump doesn't fit the Republican mold. He might be correct. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

They really didn't, but this piece is probably the best odd endorsement of Trump I've read. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Proponents of an Article V convention have some very specific amendments to offer. Would it work? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What do Donald Trump and Grover Cleveland have in common? Good question. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

SCOTUS rules Texas can keep enforcing immigration laws. Great! The State shouldn't care. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Nicole Hannah-Jones has a new affirmative action plan based on Reconstruction, or maybe it's some other 19th century ideas she would reject. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to recent polling data, more American support secession than at any time in the last 150 years. That's important. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Should non-citizens be counted toward representation in Congress? Democrats seem to think so. Why? Power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to one historian soothsayer, we have a Hamiltonian in the White House. This was a secret? Not if you listen to this show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

How did the West become so stupid? One word, and it begins with an "E". https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One political pundit worries that the States may get to decide the presidential election. This proves the compact fact of the Constitution. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The results are in, and just as I predicted, the Supreme Court kept Trump on the ballot in Colorado. Activist historians can't handle the truth. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Nikki Haley got something right and then Nikki Haley'd it to death. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A writer at The Blaze media thinks secession is a surrender. His justification? Some very bad history. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Utah's new "State Sovereignty" act is a great antidote for federal overreach. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Can you guess? These articles are always fun to mock. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie provides a midwit history lesson on secession. It's as bad as you think. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to one midwit at The Nation, yes. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

"Localism" as an ideology has its critics. What about think locally, act locally? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This is arguably the most important State court decision of the 21st century. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

SCOUTS is going to smack down Colorado. The good, bad, and ugly. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Sometimes the activists just stumble into the truth. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Of course their arguments are stupid, but it does make for great Podcast fodder. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Nikki Haley said that Texas had the right to secede. This made the boomercons go crazy. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A writer at AFP doesn't understand why the "Civil War" still exists in America. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One stupid writer at The Daily Beast tried to take apart the "Compact Theory." He failed. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

25 activists sent SCOTUS a letter demanding that Trump be removed from the ballot in Colorado. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A Texas sized showdown is happening today, and Texas should win this political battle. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Every American conservative should read and digest John Taylor of Caroline's important works. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Are there different types of American conservatism? Paul Gottfried explores the topic in Chronicles. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

It seems so, and that shows the stupidity of American politics. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden's own legal team told him to stop doing this. The Founders would agree. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A proposed bill shows that the Democrats don't understand the Constitution. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Yes, and I give you a concrete example of why they do on this episode. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

"Conservative" Republicans can't help themselves. The R vs. D narrative hits another historical snag. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/thebrionmcclanahanshow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A battle in Texas over history books between academics and amateurs shows the real fault line in the history wars. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/TheBrionMcClanahanShow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Biden gave his first "campaign speech" of 2024, and it was just as bad as the rhetoric of the 1850s. This is dangerous. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://patreon.com/TheBrionMcClanahanShow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This is a common myth: The South kept Lincoln off the ballot in 1860. Nope. Republicans kept Lincoln off the ballot in the South in 1860. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://⁠patreon.com/TheBrionMcClanahanShow⁠ https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Obama's new movie has people talking. Did it predict the end of America? https://mcclanahanacademy.com patreon.com/TheBrionMcClanahanShow https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A pending Supreme Court case could upend the entire tax code. This might be wishful thinking, but it does raise several Constitutional questions. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A recent poll suggested that close to 50% of large corporations are dropping the requirement for a college degree for many positions. Why? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The establishment is worried about a "dictator in the White House" should Trump win in 2024. The sad fact of the matter is that we've had one for over 150 years. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Was Thomas Jefferson a conservative? And what does that actually mean? This is a big question. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Inflation is your fault. American foreign policy disasters are your fault. And the destruction of "democracy" is your fault, at least according to the establishment. This is the new normal. https://mcclanahanacademy.com httsp://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Texas secession is on the docket, at least for the Texas GOP. This is a major development but one that also has many hurdles. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

An Oregon judge used the Oregon Constitution to knock down an unconstitutional gun control law, and the Left hates it. This is exactly the way federalism should work. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One can dream, but one leftist law professor worries that a case before the Supreme Court could destroy the federal government. The horror! https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Congress isn't doing anything, and as a result, dozens of members are retiring. The horror! What an odd endorsement of the Republican Party. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What do you know, another activist historian has a bad take on "insurrection". These people suffer so badly from TDS and crave power so much that they cannot help but butcher the term or mask their real motivation in pursuing the charge. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

In the 1990s, "liberal" became a negative term and as a result, those who used to call themselves "liberals" started using the word "progressive." But are liberals progressive and are progressives liberal? And who gets to define the term? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Has the middle class been forgotten? Is it better off today than 30 years ago? How do we measure middle class prosperity or comfort? And what about the culture war? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com http://learntruehistory.com

The Anti-Federalists made several correct predictions about the United States Constitution, but we should be careful about how we frame their prognostications. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The United States military is facing a recruitment crisis. Why? Surprisingly, Newsweek has a right answer. But it also asks the wrong questions. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Professor David Hackett Fischer's latest book, "African Founders", is an updated look at antebellum American culture. I explain why you need to read it. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The President of the United States has one primary job: foreign policy. That's why it should be the only question asked during any "presidential debate." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Did the smelting of the Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia last week represented a turning point in the American order? Yes and no, but it certainly showed what the left hopes to accomplish. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Can Donald Trump be disqualified for office by the 14th Amendment? A pending case in Colorado seeks to answer the question. Of course, it will probably be wrong, particularly if the judge listens to the "experts," but this is an important question. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to the American Ornithological Society, bird names are racist and must be changed so that more people will like bird watching. You know how they know this? They don't, but one person complained, so the names have to go. You can't make up this kind of stupid. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to a recent study, 80% of federal buildings are unoccupied. Why are they still on the books? Bureaucracy. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Establishment historians would tell you the "Lost Cause Myth," but the real lie is something more insidious, the "Righteous Cause Myth." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to the establishment, Biden gave the speech of his life the other night pitching American support for foreign wars. It was really an illogical disaster. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jonathan Turley thinks American ambivalence for the Constitution is the greatest threat to "democracy". This is complicated. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

American society is controlled by an establishment economic and political class alien to the cultural and political sensibilities of most Americans. American Conservatives used to resist these innovators. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Paul Krugman worries that the "Pax Americana" has ended. The culprit? You. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Nope. It was born ruined, and those that think Trump did it or that the problems began in the 1960s or 1980s don't understand the real history of that worthless institution. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

For years, the iconoclasts have hidden their motivation behind removing Confederate monuments. Their real goal has long been to recreate the American past. If you listen hard enough or look carefully enough, they'll tell you that. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

There are people that lay awake at night worrying about this. Why, I am not sure, but it could happen. But those that worry about it don't really understand how it would work. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Short answer, no. But it is s start. I'll discuss on this episode. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The current world military crisis has both sides of the political spectrum scrambling to figure out who to support. The real answer is neither, at least if we adhered to an "American" foreign policy and first principles. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

With more Americans open to discussing secession or decentralization, what would it look like? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie thinks the founders made a critical mistake by making the United States government too "antimajoritarian." But he doesn't really explain how he would fix it, and his polemic exposes his progressive principles. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

More Americans are supporting secession than at any time since 1861. The Washington Post wanted to find out why and in a backhanded way stumbled upon the answer. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Some progressives in Michigan feel betrayed by the now Muslim dominated city council. Why? Because they passed an ordinance making it illegal for pride flags to be displayed on city property. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Pierre Delecto is retiring. The left weeps. What does this mean for the Republican Party? Not much. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Mississippi was low hanging fruit. Now the wokies want to take down a host of other State flags with ties to the Confederacy, like Maryland, South Carolina, and...California? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmccclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Drew Gilpin Faust is the definition of an activist historian. How did this happen? Her life story is instructive. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This is one of those myths that won't disappear, in large part because Americans have been so conditioned to think of the central government as the ONLY government without any understanding of federalism that it makes it easy to come up with some really stupid legal positions. Like the Confederate Constitution made it illegal for States to abolish slavery. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Yes, but not the Constitution everyone is talking about. She violated the NEW MEXICO Constitution, but not the U.S. Constitution. This is important. If we want decentralization, we have to be consistent. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The left wants you to believe that elected sheriffs are a threat to democracy. Why? Because some are suggesting that they can refuse to enforce unconstitutional federal legislation. You can't make this up. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Some leftist dopes are really worried about a Republican attack on "democracy." And by "democracy" they mean 50,000 federal government jobs. You can't make up this kind of stupidity. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The "constitutional scholar" Akhil Amar wants us to forget Thomas Jefferson. You know who else thinks this is a good idea? National Review. Amar is a well-known leftist and "conservative" National Review decided his attack on Jefferson was too good to pass up. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Ty Seidule is triggered by Jim Webb. Seidule responded to Webb's defense of the Arlington Confederate Monument with a laughable and historically inaccurate letter to the Wall Street Journal. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Is the tide turning? Former Senator Jim Webb offered a real defense of the Arlington Confederate Monument in the Wall Street Journal. Perhaps people are starting to see that the woke dopes are in reality radical revolutionaries bent on destroying American history. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Have you noticed the lack of good candidates for "national" office in the United States? Everyone has. Why is this happening? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Those on the left and right often cite the Federalist Papers as the Constitutional Bible. Is this true? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

About a week ago, progressives went crazy touting an academic paper by two "Federalist Society" law professors that "proved" conclusively that Trump is ineligible for office because of the 14th Amendment. Is this true? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The short answer is yes, and that's not a good thing. Unfortunately, even "conservatives" have bought into this leftist narrative. It's a dangerous path to modern woke totalitarianism. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Young conservatives seem to be more interested in identity politics than economics or small government. Why? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Kirk Sale has been talking about the size and scale of States for decades, and he is 100% correct that out current political, culture, and economic problems need a good dose of small. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond" has become an overnight sensation, and the right people hate it, meaning it's a great tune. Here's why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Nullification and federalism are the keys to draining the swamp. This has been the case since 1798--or even earlier. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

In the wake of the new Florida history standards, one leftist at The Daily Beast has called the authors "wild revisionists" for their standards on slavery. Is this true? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Ep. 861: Conservatives have claimed that following Trump's third indictment, the United States is becoming a "banana republic." Leftists reject this narrative and instead claim Trump is trying to be "George III or the confederates." Both are historically stupid. The United States is Rome. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Kamala Harris does not like the new Florida history standards. This has become the boilerplate leftist position. The real question is why? They'll tell you because it creates fake history. But that isn't the answer. It's simple: power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The "Righteous Cause Myth" is one of the greatest lies in American history. The evidence does not support it, and even when some historians figure this out, they still blame it on...the South. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Many college towns are blue enclaves in otherwise red states, and these blue meccas have impacted both local and national politics. Why? History wars. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

American history is messy, and we do ourselves a disservice by making it "simple." But we can learn from early American politics. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to recent data, Americans have a "gut level hatred" for each other politically. This is "calcifying" American politics. What do we do about it? Think Locally and Act Locally. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

American conservatives have a real problem. They have bought the Left's narrative and that means we cannot remember early American heroes without showing remorse for their "transgressions." This is dangerous. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Historic preservation doesn't mean what it used to mean, at least not how Americans have traditionally sought to preserve historic sites. Why? Wokism and historical activism. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The answer to the question should be obvious. Most young historians are afraid of the career ramifications if they criticize any leftist hobby horse. In other words, the political left has ruined history. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to one leftist scholar, American politics are nastier than at any time since the Civil War [sic]. His evidence? Why Donald Trump and the Jan 6. "insurrection." I agree that Americans are politically angry, but this "scholar" does not understand why Americans are angry nor does he pinpoint the real problems. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The left will tell you that red States drag down America. These "deplorables" would be doomed without their money and their programs. Is that true? According to actual data, nope. Of course, everyone with a brain already knew this. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

If you thought "fake news" was a modern development, think again. Some woke dopes have been circulating a "Jefferson Davis Document" around social media to prove that Davis was Satan incarnate. The problem? The document is fake. Even the Library of Congress says so. But there is more to the story. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Conservatives have cheered the recent SCOTUS decision against affirmative action. On the surface, this seems justified, but was it a good decision long term? Nope. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to some activists, the time is right for a new "national anthem." Why? Because the old one was written by a slave-owning lawyer who stole the melody. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to the left, no, and it won't be until we can include everybody in our understanding of American independence. You see, this isn't really about a celebration. To the left, it's a wake and a reflection on how 1776 should not be celebrated at all. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The Biden administration has a public enemy, and it's not the Supreme Court. It's the Confederacy and Jefferson Davis. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to a few "scholars" and one political pundit, the Confederate diaspora to the West after the War caused American racism, or at the very minimum institutionalized it. This history is just as bad as Mark Levin's fairy tale. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

You probably know my answer, but there are conservatives who think Lincoln is the path to follow. This is outrageous. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Mark Levin has a new book, "The Democrat Party Hates America," and as you would expect it will be short on history and long on hyperbole. Oh, and it will canonize St. Abraham. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What exactly are we celebrating on June 19? If you listen to the left, they will tell you, and it isn't the end of slavery. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

One politico thinks Trump's indictment will actually help the GOP in 2024. Don't buy it, but he does make some interesting arguments. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Patrick Deneen argues liberalism has failed. He also provides a centralized prescription for the problem that sounds a lot like the Southern tradition absent the Southern part and the most important component, federalism. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

It seems that every political issue in the United States instantly becomes a "constitutional crisis." Why? It has more to do with our ignorance of American political and constitutional history than any major "issue." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What are we celebrating on June 19? Is it the end of slavery? Is it African-American history? Or are we to celebrate at all? Should it be a day of reflection? Guilt? Shame? Anger? Not even leftist activists masquerading as historians know what to do. If they are perplexed, should we be perplexed? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The New American recently published a piece arguing that Calhoun's views on government and economy could save America. This is a stunning piece, because The New American has always been more interested in Hamiltonian Nationalism than Southern republicanism. Times change. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Defining Post World War II American conservatism is a difficult task, as a new book on the subject explains. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to one Ron DeSantis staffer, if you don't like Lincoln, you aren't a "conservative." The stupidity is priceless. At the same time, what are we to think of RFK, Jr.? Should "conservatives" support his candidacy? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A Trump appointed judge declared a Tennessee law restricting drag shows to be unconstitutional. This is exactly how the opponents of the Constitution warned it would be used. This isn't "conservative" or "originalist." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This is THE question of 2024 if Trump does not get the Republican nomination. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What is driving the establishment agenda for both parties? Power. Democrats get away with hypocrisy because we don't have accountability, but the real issue in America is and has always been Power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

In what might be the most ironic twist of modern American politics, progressives now view the Supreme Court as the enemy of their agenda. They wouldn't have an agenda without it, but now they want to tear down the federal court system. Hilarious. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Why is it so hard to teach history, or better yet, why don't young people know any history? The answer is simple. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What if John C. Calhoun's positions on the Constitution "won" the debate? What would America look like today? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Can a trillion dollar coin save the United States budget? No, though some people want to try it. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

King Biden and the Speaker McCarthy have reached a raw deal. I predicted this last week, and while specifics are lacking, big centralized government won. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

If you didn't think wokism is a religion, just look at how these 11 songs are classified by a writer at the Readers Digest. Listening to them makes you a heretic. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Political activists like Ty Seidule and Erin Thompson will tell you that the Arlington Confederate Monument was erected for "racism" and to tell a "distorted" history of the South. Is this true? No, but don't just take my word for it. The men who dedicated it told you why it was constructed. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden thinks he can use the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling. Is this correct? No, but in our age of executive government, anything is possible. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Joe Biden wants Americans to know he is defending freedom, unlike Republicans who want to take away freedom. This is the product of the cultural differences that have existed in North America since the 17th century. How we define "freedom" often depends on where we call home. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

If you believe in the Lincolnian myth of American history, then modern America is the exception rather than the rule. In other words, America has long been a politically civil place even in difficult times. Is this true? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

According to progressive dopes like Kevin Kruse, anything that a conservative might say about the past, at least since Donald Trump became President, and perhaps before that. You see, to these gate keepers of truth, anything that they disagree with is "misinformation." https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Some on the right think that modern American politics resembles the Untied States after Reconstruction. There is some truth to this, but they also think that if Reconstruction had gone all the way, America would be a more unified place today. Is this true? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Progressives are now complaining about minority rights, because you see, they don't like it when Republicans as a political minority use "minority rights" to gain power. To progressives, this is cheating. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

If conservatives can think locally and act locally, so can the left. And as a writer at The Federalist points out, the left is doing so throughout the United States. What does this mean for red America? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Wokism is commonly identified as a "Marxist" ideology. Is this correct? A writer at Chronicles Magazine says no. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

There is no greater cancer in American politics than the neoconservatives. They have infected both parties and are now dominating the political establishment class. They need to be booted from power. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Modern American foreign policy would look much different if we listened to George Kennan. It would be much more peaceful and a lot less expensive. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Could American secession work? One scholar argues no, but is that correct? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Several listeners sent me an article from American Thinker arguing that we need a barbarian (Donald Trump) to save us from leftist barbarians. This type of action is becoming popular on the right, but I caution its application, at least at the "national" level. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Republicans love to invoke the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. Tim Scott has done just that in his potential presidential run. This is stupid, as one astute progressive at The New Yorker pointed out. This is why you never use Lincoln to defend American conservatism. He wasn't conservative. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who was John T. Flynn and why should you remember him? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

How do we define "nationalism" in the 21st century? With both conservatives and progressives insisting that we need more "nationalism" in America, having a firm definition would be beneficial, but we probably won't get one. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Victor Davis Hanson argues we're on the verge of a "French Revolution" in America. Perhaps, but Hanson cannot get out of his Lincolnian shell to realize that his bogeymen are wrong. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Representation in the United States Congress is far from "republican", at least in how the founding generation defined it. I've been saying this for years, but now some progressives are starting to realize the problem, typically because it would benefit them to enlarge Congress, but this gives me some hope that we can have a better conversation on the question of "Is America Too Big?" https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A listener questions my commitment to decentralization. Am I sufficiently secessionist? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

The "standard story" of the founding was created by Lincoln at Gettysburg in 1863. Is it wrong? Yes, and I'm not the only one saying it. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Many people who argue against "State's Rights" cite James Madison's position on "dual federalism" as the definitive refutation to "State sovereignty." But is it? And what did Madison mean by this? https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

It happened. James Pinkerton at The American Conservative thinks Calhoun had a pretty good proposal for the American presidency. Amazing. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Did Ronald Reagan's team rig the Iranian hostage crisis to get Jimmy Carter out of office? A new bombshell provides conclusive proof. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Should we only have monuments to one side in the American "Civil War"? That's what the righteous cause mythologists and their woke allies seem to suggest. Not everyone is on board. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Chuck Baldwin drafted a list of his worst presidents. I agree with most of it, but not necessarily for the same reasons. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Over 60 percent of Americans are now open to a "national divorce." This is significant, and it raises several important issues about American society. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Banks too big to fail are being bailed out by the general government. Who predicted this insanity? The Jeffersonians a long time ago. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

West Coast Straussian Michael Anton wants secession, or maybe he doesn't, or perhaps he does just don't call it secession. The Lincolnites can't figure out how to sell the idea, but at least he is trying. https://mcclanahanacadey.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Paul Krugman seems to think conservatives "hate" education. If Paul Krugman says it, you know it's wrong. https://mcclanahancademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jamelle Bouie argues that the Founding Fathers are irrelevant in modern America. At least he's honest. But the issue is bigger than that, as our collective understanding of the meaning of the founding is up for grabs. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

That's what your 8th grade education will tell you. Better yet, that's what every establishment history professor will tell you. It's wrong. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who cares? That should be the answer, but we know most Americans love the American king (or queen?). That's a big hint. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

This is the most idiotic argument about the South. Only stupid people think or believe this nonsense. Don't be stupid. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

A federal judge has declared Missouri nullification to be unconstitutional while Texas "conservatives" oppose a vote by the people on secession. This means both the "right" and the left are constitutionally ignorant. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jim Crow originated in the North. There are various websites and organizations that consider this statement to be "neo-confederate" propaganda, but the Washington Post isn't one. Why? Because it agrees, and the evidence is conclusive. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Should legal scholars and academics take the arguments for and against secession seriously? Yes, and I'll explain why. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

What do all of these things have in common? They are "think locally, act locally" politics in action. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Jimmy Carter is the last agrarian President. What does this mean? I'll explain on this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com

Who was the real Thomas Jefferson? This is one of the most important historical questions for a number of reasons. https://mcclanahanacademy.com https://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com