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.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The Third Party Line Iowa Just Broke
2:01 Preacher's Kid, Professor, Prosecutor
2:48 He Won as a Libertarian. Then Won Again.
4:23 Why Iowa and Not Your State
5:12 The Majority Nobody Bothers to Count
7:17 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 Failed
14:16 The Flag Burning Order and the Prison Threat
18:24 The Cultural Fight Libertarians Keep Dodging
21:26 Federalism Is the Answer. Here's Why.
22:45 "We May Already Have a Monarchy"
24:32 Young Men, H-1B, and the Hopelessness Problem
26:56 The $200K Veto: Bruce Rastetter's Pipeline
30:13 Data Centers, the 40-Acre Rule, and Groundwater
30:58 The Lindsay Clancy Question
32:18 Israel, Iran, and the Blank Check
33:13 Overturn Citizens United
34:33 Hinson vs Turek vs Laehn
35:29 Why Vote for Him on November 3
37:20 Educated. Enlightened. Informed.
SUPPORT DR. THOMAS LAEHN
Campaign site and donations: https://laehn4iowa.org
Meet Thomas: https://laehn4iowa.org/about
Libertarian Party profile: https://lp.org/candidate/thomas-laehn/
THE BRIAN NICHOLS SHOW
Website: https://briannicholsshow.com
Email: brian@briannicholsshow.com
X: https://x.com/BNicholsLiberty
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BNicholsLiberty
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bnicholsliberty
SPONSOR
Cardio Miracle: https://cardiomiracle.com/TBNS
Use code TBNS for 15% off
Educated. Enlightened. Informed.
