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Educating the Youth

Put your money where your speech is.

Sarah Isgur and David French, live from the FIRE Student Network Summer Conference, discuss free speech in non-profits and schools before Sarah takes listeners through the history of Citizens United. Before the youth bring their questions, Sarah and David talk Clinton documentaries and how campaign financing could be a little better.

The Agenda:
—Can 501(c)3’s endorse a candidate?
—No “false” pronouns in Florida classrooms
—The pain of campaign history and the core of protected speech
Citizens United, yay!
—Put your money where your speech is
—Why Citizens United didn’t matter
—Discontent in the American public is the American public’s fault
—Why super PACs stink
—Put your money where the name is
—Free speech and David’s disagreement with FIRE
Mahmoud: right outcome, wrong reasoning

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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