Holding Our Elected Officials Accountable to Constitutional Principles
In this presentation at the 2026 JBS Conference in Salt Lake City, JBS Research Associate Peter Rykowski discusses the Freedom Index, a tool produced by The John Birch Society and The New American that holds state and federal legislators accountable to the U.S. Constitution and America's founding principles. He explains what the Freedom Index and their associated Scorecards are, discusses how they are created, gives surprising statistics of how federal and state lawmakers vote, and encourages attendees to use these tools to create an informed electorate.
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Two-Party System: Corporate Fascists vs. Cultural Marxists
Dan Happel discusses how both the Republican and Democratic Parties have transformed into corporate fascists and cultural Marxists. Happel begins by tracing the origins of cultural Marxism in Germany and how it migrated to the United States, primarily within the world of academia and government education. Like an invasive species, cultural Marxism has permeated in ...
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Madison’s Opposition: Article V Convention Warnings from the Father of the Constitution
Constitutional lecturer and expert Robert Brown sets the record straight about where James Madison, the father of the Constitution and fourth U.S. president, actually stood on the subject of whether the states should have applied to Congress to call an Article V convention following the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Brown examines often cited but ...
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America’s Biblical Heritage
In this presentation at the 2026 JBS Conference in Salt Lake City, TNA senior editor Alex Newman discusses America’s biblical heritage. Explaining that no society can restore liberty without returning to biblical principles, he asserts that Americans must understand their nation’s biblical heritage and, by extension, relearn who they are as a people. For the ...
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The John Birch Society: Exposing the Conspiracy
Since its founding in 1958, The John Birch Society has been warning Americans about the Conspiracy to create a New World Order and impose a one-world government. Today, Americans are increasingly waking up to the truth — and the JBS provides the resources to create an informed and activated electorate. Its latest tool is the May 2026 ...
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