Moment of Truth

This week, Moment of Truth returns to the Masterclass format, compiling the sharpest clips from years of guests into one definitive episode on the immigration problem. Featuring Russ Vought, Oren Cass, Ron Hira, Rosemary Jenks, Jason Richwine, Jeremy Carl, Kevin Lynn, Max Rymer, and Joe Rigney, this episode covers every dimension of the crisis — economic, cultural, societal, political, and moral — in one place.

Oren Cass explains why the labor market argument for immigration is an admission the left never wanted to make. Ron Hira breaks down how the H-1B program works as a system of indentured servitude. Rosemary Jenks exposes the dishonest intentions of the pro-immigration elite. Jason Richwine makes the empirical case that immigration causes a culture transplant, not assimilation. Max Rymer and Joe Rigney use Minnesota as a poignant example of how unbridled immigration can change a place in a very short amount of time. Jeremy Carl disproves the myth that America is a 'nation of immigrants.' Kevin Lynn shares his concerns over the damage being done to America's young men by their systematic replacement. And Russ Vought closes with the biblical and constitutional case for a Christian immigration ethic rooted in national sovereignty.

This is the episode to send to everyone you know.

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This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Professor Ilan Wurman of the University of Minnesota Law School for one of the most illuminating legal conversations the show has ever had.

Wurman makes the full originalist case that the conventional wisdom on birthright citizenship rests on two shaky pillars: a misreading of the common law and a misreading of the 14th Amendment. He explains why birth alone was never actually the rule at common law, what "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" really meant to the people who wrote it, and why the social compact theory changes everything. He also gives his honest read on Trump v. Barbara, what he thinks the Supreme Court will do, and what Congress could do right now if it decided to act. This one is for immigration hawks and legal eagles alike.

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This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Will Fry, founder and CEO of American Operator, to dig into one of the most important and least discussed crises facing the American economy: the small business succession problem. Over half of America's 6 million small businesses with employees are owned by someone over 55, most of them have no exit plan.

If nothing changes, millions of them will either be swallowed by private equity or simply shut down.

Will explains how American Operator is building a model to keep these businesses in local hands, why the SBA is actually one of the most effective federal agencies in Washington, and what the ‘Deez Nuts’ grill brush story tells you about the state of American manufacturing. They also get into hiring philosophy, what makes a great operator, and where CAN Main Street go from here.

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This week Moment of Truth is LIVE! Nick Solheim sits down with Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri, with a special introduction by Theo Wold.

This one covers a lot of ground fast. Senator Schmitt gives his live reaction to a major Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling that came down right before the event, and then gets into the left-wing political violence problem, the Luigi left's assassination culture, and why no one on the Democratic side will call it out.

He makes the case for why MAGA is not going back, explains why the staffing question matters as much as the candidate, and goes deep on legal immigration — the H-1B scam, the OPT program, and why the "we don't have enough workers" argument is a lie that Republicans have been too timid to challenge. The senator also gave a live reaction to the president's announcement about reviewing troop deployments in Germany, prompting some foreign policy commentary. And stick around till the end to hear his predictions on the congressional baseball game.

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This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist and author of the new biography Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution, for a deep dive into the most consequential yet least understood justice on the Supreme Court.

Mollie makes the case that Samuel Alito is not just the author of the biggest conservative legal victory in fifty years, but also the clearest model for how to balance principle and pragmatism in a movement that tends to choose only one. They cover originalism and how Alito's brand of it differs from Scalia and Thomas, the inside story of how Dobbs actually came together, the unprecedented leak that triggered assassination threats against the justices, the smear campaigns from Bork to Kavanaugh, and why the lower federal courts — not the Supreme Court — are the real crisis facing the rule of law right now.

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