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Dr. Thomas Laehn joins Brian Nichols to reveal how Iowa's data center fight, eminent domain, and Citizens United money all run through the 2026 Senate race - and why voters keep getting handed two bad options.Laehn is the Greene County Attorney and the first Libertarian in Iowa history to win a partisan election. Then he won it again. Now he's on the November 3 ballot against Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek for Joni Ernst's open seat.He wrote a bill that passed the House and passed the Senate. It never became law. What happened to it is the part nobody in Des Moines wants repeated.Brian pushes back hard - on young men and H-1B hiring, on the cultural fight libertarians keep dodging, on whether one party is objectively worse than the other. Laehn's answer isn't the one you're expecting.And then a former professor of constitutional law says something about the word "republic" that we had to sit with for a second.Give it a listen.CHAPTERS0:00 The Third Party Line Iowa Just Broke2:01 Preacher's Kid, Professor, Prosecutor2:48 He Won as a Libertarian. Then Won Again.4:23 Why Iowa and Not Your State5:12 The Majority Nobody Bothers to Count7:17 Brian Pushes Back: Isn't One Party Just Worse?9:38 88% Want Term Limits. Neither Party Will Move.12:10 The COVID Test Both Parties Failed14:16 The Flag Burning Order and the Prison Threat18:24 The Cultural Fight Libertarians Keep Dodging21:26 Federalism Is the Answer. Here's Why.22:45 "We May Already Have a Monarchy"24:32 Young Men, H-1B, and the Hopelessness Problem26:56 The $200K Veto: Bruce Rastetter's Pipeline30:13 Data Centers, the 40-Acre Rule, and Groundwater30:58 The Lindsay Clancy Question32:18 Israel, Iran, and the Blank Check33:13 Overturn Citizens United34:33 Hinson vs Turek vs Laehn35:29 Why Vote for Him on November 337:20 Educated. Enlightened. Informed.SUPPORT DR. THOMAS LAEHNCampaign site and donations: https://laehn4iowa.orgMeet Thomas: https://laehn4iowa.org/aboutLibertarian Party profile: https://lp.org/candidate/thomas-laehn/THE BRIAN NICHOLS SHOWWebsite: https://briannicholsshow.comEmail: brian@briannicholsshow.comX: https://x.com/BNicholsLibertyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLibertyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bnicholslibertySPONSORCardio Miracle: https://cardiomiracle.com/TBNSUse code TBNS for 15% offEducated. Enlightened. Informed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
