SHUT IT DOWN! Free Speech is OVER w/ John Ruddick, Libertarian Leader

SHUT IT DOWN! Free Speech is OVER w/ John Ruddick, Libertarian Leader

Author: A podcast by The National Observer January 16, 2026 Duration: 1:26:47

This week John Ruddick hopped on the podcast to discuss the various anti-freedom laws being bought in in the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre: anti-protest laws, the X ban, among many others.

We also chatted on Trump’s recent incursion into Venezuela and the pending takeover of Greenland!

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