The Enemy Within: Totalitarianism, Cancel Culture, and Douglas County’s Path to Freedom

On April 15, 2021, Kim Monson welcomed bestselling author David Horowitz to discuss his new book The Enemy Within and the totalitarian turn of the Democratic Party, while Douglas County Commissioner Laura Thomas announced the county’s historic decision to reopen fully, rejecting Tri-County Health restrictions.

Douglas County Declares Independence from COVID Restrictions

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Laura Thomas, Douglas County Commissioner, announced that the county voted to opt out of Tri-County Health’s extended dial restrictions. Governor Polis devolved control back to local governments as of Friday, April 16th, but Tri-County Health’s board decided to maintain restrictions for another 30 days. Douglas County commissioners exercised their negotiated opt-out clause, meaning businesses, churches, and gyms in Douglas County will return to normal operations with no distancing requirements.

Thomas explained the complicated funding structure of Tri-County Health, which operates on a $44 million annual budget with only $11 million coming from Douglas, Arapahoe, and Adams counties. The remaining $33 million flows from federal and state grants. Douglas County pushed more CARES Act funding back to its businesses than neighboring counties, with restaurants receiving an average of $90,000 compared to $30,000 elsewhere on the Front Range.

“Let’s let adults make decisions for adults and their families.”

Laura Thomas, Douglas County Commissioner

The Totalitarian Turn of the Democratic Party

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David Horowitz, author of The Enemy Within, traced his journey from red diaper baby and New Left founder to Reagan conservative. He left the left after witnessing the American anti-war movement’s silence when Vietnamese and Cambodian communists slaughtered two and a half million Indo-Chinese peasants. That silence revealed the movement’s true nature: hatred of America rather than concern for peace or justice.

Horowitz argued that the Democratic Party has become a totalitarian movement, obsessed with race and practicing the very systemic racism it claims to fight. He pointed to cabinet appointments made on the basis of skin color rather than merit and Biden’s claim that systemic racism touches every aspect of American life. Horowitz noted this contradicts the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which explicitly outlawed institutional and systemic racism.

The cancel culture, Horowitz explained, represents fascism in action. When corporations remove Dr. Seuss books from shelves, that constitutes book burning. When they blacklist speakers for stating documented facts about school curricula written by Black Lives Matter activists and Muslim Brotherhood jihadists, they practice totalitarian suppression of speech.

“The founders were not Democrats and socialists, but conservatives, who had a healthy distrust of political passions and who devised a complex system designed to frustrate the schemes of social redeemers and others convinced of their own invincible virtue.”

David Horowitz, Author

Border Crisis and COVID Double Standards

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Horowitz connected the Biden administration’s border policies to its COVID response, questioning how the government could open the southern border during a pandemic. He estimated a million illegal crossings in 2021, with ten percent carrying COVID, creating 100,000 virus carriers while American citizens faced restrictions and mandates.

The discussion highlighted Biden’s 35 executive orders in his first week, all unified by spite against Trump rather than concern for American wellbeing. From funding Palestinian terrorists to removing sanctions on Iran while Israel protects American interests, the administration’s foreign policy aligns with enemies rather than allies.

“Trump made promises to get elected to the American people, and then he kept them. Biden promised he was going to be a moderate. He was going to represent all Americans. Every one of those was a lie.”

David Horowitz, Author

Housing Market and Property Rights

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Karen Levine, award-winning RE/MAX Alliance realtor and National Association of Realtors board member, reported that the spring selling season remains extremely active. In the past seven days, over 1,200 homes came on the market along the Front Range, but nearly 2,200 went under contract. This imbalance continues to shrink days on market while driving up average and median home prices.

Levine connected energy policy to housing affordability, noting that rising utility costs from forced coal plant closures will further burden young people trying to build wealth through homeownership. She announced plans to co-host next week’s show with Kim to discuss Biden’s infrastructure bill, which contains provisions targeting single-family zoning.

“The shortage of inventory is not just happening here in the Front Range or in Colorado. It is happening nationwide. So we know that we’ve caused policy to limit the amount of housing and the affordability of housing.”

Karen Levine, RE/MAX Alliance Realtor