Panel Discussion: Why Fight City Hall When You Can Be City Hall?
In this panel discussion hosted by Cowboy State Politics host David Iverson at the 2026 JBS Conference in Salt Lake City, congressional candidate and former Utah Representative Phil Lyman; former Wisconsin Representative Ty Bodden; Montana Senator Theresa Manzella; former Madison County, Montana, Commissioner Dan Happel; and Newberry, Florida, Mayor Tim Marden discuss the importance of getting involved in local and state politics. The panelists answer questions such as how a candidate can stay true to their principles while still winning, how newly elected officials can avoid getting absorbed into the Establishment, and why local government is so important for restoring the American Republic, and they give advice for others interested in running for local office.
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Sound Money Is Winning
In this presentation at the 2026 JBS Conference in Salt Lake City, JP Cortez, the executive director of the Sound Money Defense League, discusses his organization’s efforts to restore sound money in the United States. After explaining the constitutionality, background, and importance of upholding sound money, he explains what states can do — and are ...
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Digital Money: Will You Control Your Money, or Will It Control You?
In this presentation at the 2026 JBS Conference in Salt Lake City, Catherine Austin Fitts, an investment banker and former government official who serves as president of Solari and publisher of the Solari Report, discusses the threat that digital money poses to freedom. She reviews the federal government’s increasing financial problems and the Insiders’ intensifying ...
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Start With a Plan: How We Elected Constitutional Legislators
In this presentation at the 2026 JBS Conference in Salt Lake City, Cowboy State Politics host David Iverson discusses how to elect constitutionalist state legislators. He begins by noting that in order to understand constitutional principles, we must understand their source: God. Accordingly, Iverson reminds viewers of fundamental principles, including that there is a Creator, ...
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The New Economics of Technocracy
In this presentation at the 2026 JBS Conference in Salt Lake City, author Patrick Wood discusses the implementation of technocracy in the United States and worldwide. Wood, who has authored multiple books about technocracy, including his latest book The New Economics of Technocracy: You Will Own Nothing, begins by explaining what technocracy is and highlighting ...
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