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Defend the Guard, Family Court, and Minnesota's Red Tape Machine w/ TJ Hawthorne || 1790
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- Good Morning Liberty
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- Jun 28, 2026
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Summary
The race for Minnesota House 44B just got interesting. No Republican on the ballot, a long-time Democrat incumbent, and TJ Hawthorne running as a liberty-minded independent. TJ Hawthorne joins Good Morning Liberty to talk about his campaign, why he is running independent, and how he wants to bring Defend the Guard, family court reform, emergency power limits, and occupational licensing reform to the Minnesota Legislature. This conversation covers Minnesota politics, independent candidates, libertarian ideas, small-government policy, Defend the Guard, National Guard deployments, COVID-era overreach, red tape, food shelves, local community action, and why state programs often create the incentives they claim to fix. TJ for Minnesota — Independent Candidate Chapters: 00:00 TJ Hawthorne returns to GML 03:30 Why the race opened up 06:00 Running independent without dropping liberty 09:15 A heads-up race in MN 44B 10:45 Defend the Guard and war powers 15:45 The biggest issues in TJ's platform 16:15 Family court and incentives 23:30 What Defend the Guard means 32:30 Emergency powers and COVID overreach 34:30 Red tape, state boards, and entrepreneurs 42:30 Licensing as the one liberty change 48:45 How to find TJ's campaign Links: Watch All Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi78svKlBr_8o0dDOX8DxO_Wwxu6WYhhA Watch Host Favorites: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi78svKlBr__Zu40RL7mWxCuOOe54zgy2 Join the Fed Haters Club @ https://www.goodmorningliberty.us/fedhatersclub [Martens Minute]: https://martensminute.podbean.com/ All links @ gml.bio.link Subscribe, like, comment, share, and leave a rating or review on your podcast app.