American Commitment President Phil Kerpen – The Tami Jackson Show

My guest in the first 1/2 hour tonight on The Tami Jackson Show* is Phil Kerpen. Phil Kerpen is president of American Commitment, a nationally syndicated columnist, chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition, and author of Democracy Denied. Prior to joining American Commitment, Kerpen served as vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity. He has also worked as an analyst and researcher for the Free Enterprise Fund, the Club for Growth, and the Cato Institute. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Kerpen resides in Washington, D.C., with his wife Joanna and their three children. Phil joins me tonight to talk about his recent article, "FDA Tobacco Policy Faces Key Test." Kerpen writes: Shortly after Scott Gottlieb took over as the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, he announced a paradigmatic shift in the agency's approach to regulating tobacco products centered on harm reduction – the idea that smokers who can't quit outright can get nicotine from products other than cigarettes and dramatically improve their health outcomes as a result. The first test of the extent to which things have really changed at the FDA comes with the application of a product called IQOS from Philip Morris, an electronic device that heats tobacco enough to release nicotine – but without combustion and all of the health harms associated with the products of combustion. Listen as Phil and I discuss the future of tobacco and the surprising hostility to these moves away from nicotine addiction. Most of my listeners know if Phil Kerpen's "in the house," they'll be hearing substantial facts and good, sound argument on a topic that most likely won't be covered in Mainstream Media. ***************** In the second 1/2 hour I'll be flying solo, talking (ranting) about a couple hot current topics! What in the world is happening with media and social media censorship of conservatives? How is it affecting the information you actually read and hear daily? The latest MRC in depth report, "CENSORED! How Online Media Companies Are Suppressing Conservative Speech is stunning," but no surprise to those of us who work daily fighting the good fight in the digital media world. The report begins: Like it or not, social media is the communication form of the future — not just in the U.S., but worldwide. Just Facebook and Twitter combined reach 1.8 billion people. More than two-thirds of all Americans (68 percent) use Facebook. YouTube is pushing out TV as the most popular place to watch video. Google is the No. 1 search engine in both the U.S. and the world. War is being declared on the conservative movement in this space and conservatives are losing — badly. If the right is silenced, billions of people will be cut off from conservative ideas and conservative media. Click here to order the (free) full report from MRC. And I will also be talking about my latest investigative article, "Planned Parenthood: Killing the Preborn and Perverting the Already Born." The material is abhorrent, but vital for parents and grandparents everywhere. Planned Parenthood and other anti-conservative, anti-Christian groups are angling to propagandize America's children with radical and perverse sex ed. This is definitely adult information, but it's dire and you'll want to know what's going on in education. Follow Phil Kerpen on Twitter at @kerpen , and me at @tamij AND tweet your questions/comments during the show. *Sponsored by Camera Security Now, your premier source for surveillance and access control systems for business nationwide; by ROBAR® Companies, a True Custom firearms and firearms finishing shop located in Phoenix, AZ, and found online at RobarGuns.com; and by Dispatches, your site for the BEST conservative resources to fight and win the information war.