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[00:00.000 --> 00:02.600]  Welcome to the Vodcast!
[00:02.600 --> 00:11.940]  On February 28, 2023, Republican Florida State Senator Jason Broder filed bill SB-1316.
[00:11.940 --> 00:15.600]  This is one of the most disturbing bills I've seen in my lifetime.
[00:15.600 --> 00:22.240]  I ran a Twitter poll and 80% of respondents wanted to know more about this seriously problematic
[00:22.240 --> 00:27.880]  bill.
[00:27.880 --> 00:39.240]  The Dr. Reality Vodcast with Dave Champion.
[00:39.240 --> 00:40.440]  Let's start with this.
[00:40.440 --> 00:44.920]  The broad strokes of the bill is that it would require certain bloggers to register with
[00:44.920 --> 00:49.320]  state government and file monthly reports on their blogging activities.
[00:49.320 --> 00:54.000]  Adding to the weirdness of the bill, it will only lay the registration requirement on certain
[00:54.000 --> 00:56.640]  bloggers, not all of them.
[00:56.640 --> 01:02.000]  So if this bill becomes law, which bloggers would it target?
[01:02.000 --> 01:04.320]  For that, I'll read right from the bill.
[01:04.320 --> 01:11.000]  Quote, if a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives or will
[01:11.000 --> 01:16.680]  receive compensation for that post, the blogger must register with the appropriate office.
[01:16.680 --> 01:21.600]  In other words, if a blogger blogs about an elected state official and gets compensated
[01:21.600 --> 01:28.560]  for that work, he or she would then have to register with the government.
[01:28.560 --> 01:31.640]  That doesn't sound fascist or communist.
[01:31.640 --> 01:34.040]  Nope, not at all.
[01:34.040 --> 01:37.440]  If you're thinking this bill is well beyond the proper reach of government, you're not
[01:37.440 --> 01:40.320]  alone and you're not wrong.
[01:40.320 --> 01:43.400]  Of course, here in America, we have free speech.
[01:43.400 --> 01:50.120]  But if you want to exercise free speech, you need to register with the government, said
[01:50.120 --> 01:55.880]  no one ever, except perhaps the governments of Russia and China and Florida Senator Broder.
[01:55.880 --> 01:58.920]  But wait, there's more.
[01:58.920 --> 02:03.360]  This bill isn't just an attack on free speech, it's also an attack on freedom of association.
[02:03.360 --> 02:07.720]  Once a blogger blogs about an elected state official and is compensated for his or her
[02:07.720 --> 02:13.980]  effort, the blogger must not only register, but must also file monthly reports disclosing
[02:13.980 --> 02:17.200]  the names of anyone who paid for the blogger's time.
[02:17.200 --> 02:21.760]  In other words, this bill requires bloggers to report the names of those with whom they
[02:21.760 --> 02:23.960]  associate professionally.
[02:23.960 --> 02:25.440]  Fascist?
[02:25.440 --> 02:26.600]  Communist?
[02:26.600 --> 02:28.900]  Nah, not a bit.
[02:28.900 --> 02:33.740]  As I read the bill, one of the things that caught my eye was the absurd circular definition
[02:33.740 --> 02:36.240]  of blog and blogger.
[02:36.240 --> 02:38.320]  Neither is actually defined.
[02:38.320 --> 02:39.320]  Check it out.
[02:39.320 --> 02:45.520]  Quote, blog means a website or web page that hosts any blogger.
[02:45.520 --> 02:50.600]  Blogger means any person that submits a blog post to a blog.
[02:50.600 --> 02:55.380]  Why are these definitions circular and therefore meaningless in a legal sense?
[02:55.380 --> 03:00.140]  It could be that the legislative draftsman did a terrible job drafting the bill.
[03:00.140 --> 03:03.920]  But that doesn't appear to be the case because the rest of the bill is well drafted.
[03:03.920 --> 03:08.900]  The far more likely reason is any true definition of blog and blogger would immediately invoke
[03:08.900 --> 03:12.320]  the issues of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
[03:12.320 --> 03:16.680]  Republicans are big on condemning anything and everything about the Chinese government.
[03:16.680 --> 03:21.700]  So it's more than a little ironic that a bill to force Americans to register with the government
[03:21.700 --> 03:26.680]  for exercising free speech, report lawfully acquired compensation, as well as report private
[03:26.680 --> 03:32.920]  professional associations to the very politicians about whom the blogger blogged is something
[03:32.920 --> 03:36.240]  we can easily see the Chinese Communist Party doing.
[03:36.240 --> 03:39.680]  Can you imagine what Republicans across the nation would say if a bill like this was put
[03:39.680 --> 03:43.220]  forth by a Democrat in a blue state?
[03:43.220 --> 03:47.320]  This bill is even more corrupt because while it forces the little guy to register with
[03:47.320 --> 03:52.940]  the government and report his private associations and payments, it completely exempts legacy
[03:52.940 --> 03:54.600]  media companies.
[03:54.600 --> 03:59.240]  The bill distinguishes the reporting and commentary of million-dollar enterprises from the reporting
[03:59.240 --> 04:01.400]  and commentary of independent bloggers.
[04:01.400 --> 04:05.520]  Apparently, Broder is not one of those Republicans who support small business people and wants
[04:05.520 --> 04:07.540]  government out of their hair.
[04:07.540 --> 04:11.620]  To be clear, I'm not hanging this legislation around the neck of all Republicans.
[04:11.620 --> 04:14.740]  I'm confident most find it appalling.
[04:14.740 --> 04:18.060]  Numerous First Amendment groups have condemned Broder for the bill.
[04:18.060 --> 04:22.260]  Even Newt Gingrich, not exactly a champion of the little guy, called Broder out for his
[04:22.260 --> 04:25.340]  bill, tweeting that Broder should withdraw it immediately.
[04:25.340 --> 04:29.940]  To illustrate how quickly this bill would be struck down by the courts, one attorney
[04:29.940 --> 04:35.860]  said, to see how the courts would view this, replace blogger with reporter.
[04:35.860 --> 04:39.660]  The bill has been met with such widespread antipathy, Florida Governor DeSantis felt
[04:39.660 --> 04:42.620]  compelled to publicly denounce it.
[04:42.620 --> 04:46.940]  While DeSantis had nothing to do with the bill, left-leaning news outlets claimed, falsely,
[04:46.940 --> 04:48.740]  that DeSantis was behind it.
[04:48.740 --> 04:54.140]  So many left-leaning outlets made that claim, Associated Press fact-checkers felt compelled
[04:54.140 --> 04:58.180]  to publish a determination that the claim is false.
[04:58.180 --> 05:04.140]  Leaving aside the unconstitutionality of this bill, why is the legacy media exempted?
[05:04.140 --> 05:09.500]  When Bill Gates gives a media organization millions of dollars, what is he buying?
[05:09.500 --> 05:13.220]  When Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post, was that a neutral event without influence
[05:13.220 --> 05:16.100]  on what the Post covers or how issues are covered?
[05:16.100 --> 05:21.060]  Do you think Rupert Murdoch owning Fox News doesn't impact what Fox covers or how certain
[05:21.060 --> 05:22.900]  issues are covered?
[05:22.900 --> 05:27.160]  In the billion-dollar defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, internal
[05:27.160 --> 05:33.860]  communications acquired from Fox in Discovery showed Fox's CEO, Susan Scott, sidelined
[05:33.860 --> 05:37.620]  a Fox reporter for fact-checking Trump.
[05:37.620 --> 05:42.140]  Scott's position, stated plainly in her email, was that telling Fox's audience the truth
[05:42.140 --> 05:46.820]  would be seen by them as a breach of trust and they'd stop tuning into Fox.
[05:46.820 --> 05:49.500]  Scott directly reports to Murdoch.
[05:49.500 --> 05:55.420]  My point is that money influences the legacy media just as much as it does the new media,
[05:55.420 --> 05:57.020]  such as bloggers.
[05:57.020 --> 06:01.300]  And that's exactly how it was when the founding fathers included freedom of speech, press and
[06:01.300 --> 06:03.340]  association and the Bill of Rights.
[06:03.340 --> 06:07.260]  Back then, only wealthy people owned newspapers and they used those newspapers to tell the
[06:07.260 --> 06:12.580]  community the papers served what the wealthy owner wanted the people to hear.
[06:12.580 --> 06:16.500]  A few years ago, I did a presentation on which I discussed how the media was in the founding
[06:16.500 --> 06:19.980]  era, how it progressed over the last two centuries and where it is now.
[06:19.980 --> 06:22.540]  I'll put a link to that video down in the notes.
[06:22.540 --> 06:28.740]  The bottom line is Broder is attempting to use law to force bloggers to be transparent
[06:28.740 --> 06:31.660]  about their funding sources.
[06:31.660 --> 06:33.940]  But here's the thing.
[06:33.940 --> 06:37.740]  Transparency is something the government owes us.
[06:37.740 --> 06:41.100]  We don't owe transparency to the government.
[06:41.100 --> 06:44.980]  Broder has publicly stated his bill is intended to tackle the fact that bloggers are sometimes
[06:44.980 --> 06:48.860]  paid by lobbyists to write hit pieces on politicians.
[06:48.860 --> 06:53.700]  His pitch is that because of the required reports, the public can see who is the money
[06:53.700 --> 06:55.420]  behind various blog articles.
[06:55.420 --> 06:59.660]  Of course, I think the real goal is for the politicians who are blogged about to get that
[06:59.660 --> 07:00.660]  information.
[07:00.980 --> 07:06.740]  While I can see why he'd want that information, the fact that he wants it doesn't mean it's
[07:06.740 --> 07:11.780]  constitutional or wise to attempt to violate the right of freedom of speech, freedom of
[07:11.780 --> 07:17.660]  press and freedom of association as a means of getting the information he wants but to
[07:17.660 --> 07:22.020]  which he is not entitled.
[07:22.020 --> 07:24.100]  Talk about a sense of entitlement.
[07:24.100 --> 07:29.300]  Further, lobbyists are already required by Florida law to be registered and file reports
[07:29.300 --> 07:30.500]  concerning their activities.
[07:30.500 --> 07:35.660]  So if Broder wants to know which lobbyists are paying which bloggers, he can attempt
[07:35.660 --> 07:40.620]  to get that information by amending Florida's laws concerning the reports lobbyists are
[07:40.620 --> 07:43.540]  already required to file.
[07:43.540 --> 07:46.340]  Why is Broder targeting bloggers?
[07:46.340 --> 07:48.100]  Because they're low-hanging fruit.
[07:48.100 --> 07:52.620]  Broder knows if his legislation did not exclude legacy media, the law would be challenged
[07:52.620 --> 07:54.660]  in court before the ink was dry.
[07:54.660 --> 07:59.340]  But bloggers are generally independent, they aren't wealthy, they don't have deep pockets
[07:59.460 --> 08:02.700]  and they don't have a well-funded national association to pay for a lawsuit.
[08:02.700 --> 08:07.180]  In other words, from a legal perspective, they're easy to pick on.
[08:07.180 --> 08:11.940]  Again, I point out that Broder is plainly not a friend of small independent business
[08:11.940 --> 08:12.940]  people.
[08:12.940 --> 08:17.820]  Broder's bill is as straightforward as it is unconstitutional.
[08:17.820 --> 08:23.420]  Phrased another way, while it's blatantly unconstitutional, there is no subterfuge involved.
[08:23.420 --> 08:27.300]  Broder is plainly stating what he wants and how he wants to get it.
[08:27.340 --> 08:31.180]  But what have laws written in a misleading way in order to hide what the politicians
[08:31.180 --> 08:32.420]  are doing?
[08:32.420 --> 08:38.460]  When an entire legal scheme is shrouded in subterfuge, what should we do about that?
[08:38.460 --> 08:43.900]  And what do we do when it's not one party or the other that supports the subterfuge
[08:43.900 --> 08:45.940]  but both parties?
[08:45.940 --> 08:51.620]  An entire legal scheme shrouded in subterfuge is, of course, the federal income tax.
[08:51.620 --> 08:55.100]  You've probably heard me say it before, but Congress has never imposed the income tax
[08:55.100 --> 08:57.780]  on ordinary working Americans.
[08:57.780 --> 09:03.660]  What do we do as Americans when faced with a pack of jackals in D.C. lying to you in
[09:03.660 --> 09:07.660]  order to make fools of you and steal your property?
[09:07.660 --> 09:13.460]  Which is worse, making fools of you or stealing your property?
[09:13.460 --> 09:16.980]  When faced with a pack of jackals in D.C. lying to you in order to make fools of you
[09:16.980 --> 09:22.020]  and steal your property, the answer is to put your foot down and stop them.
[09:22.020 --> 09:24.060]  As Americans, how do we do that?
[09:25.060 --> 09:29.060]  The first response to jackals in D.C. lying to you, making fools of you, and stealing
[09:29.060 --> 09:34.100]  your property is to make sure everyone in the country knows what the D.C. jackals are
[09:34.100 --> 09:35.260]  doing.
[09:35.260 --> 09:36.860]  How do we accomplish that?
[09:36.860 --> 09:39.220]  We tell everyone who will listen.
[09:39.220 --> 09:40.820]  Now here's the rub.
[09:40.820 --> 09:45.740]  Because most of your fellow citizens believe the lying, thieving jackals, when you get
[09:45.740 --> 09:50.140]  the word out about what the jackals are doing, you have to know the facts.
[09:50.140 --> 09:52.740]  You have to deliver the message authoritatively.
[09:52.740 --> 09:56.620]  Fortunately, I've made that easy for you.
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[10:04.460 --> 10:08.380]  You will be able to get the word out in a way that will result in even the most skeptical
[10:08.380 --> 10:12.620]  person beginning to question the narrative put out by the D.C. jackals.
[10:12.620 --> 10:15.340]  I've been at this 30 years.
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[11:45.000 --> 11:46.340]  Thanks for being here.
[11:46.340 --> 11:46.840]  Take care.