Mark Edge

Intergalactic Space Wizard sent on a mission to save the people of Earth from their own bad decisions. 20+ years as a Liberty-conscious talk show host.

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Who answers when the person pulling the trigger carries the state’s authority?

The documentary describes the officer not returning to duty after the shooting. Jeff describes his own 30-year sentence. Ammon Bundy (@RealABundy) calls for accountability. Jeff answers the question directly: should law enforcement be accountable? Absolutely.

The officer did face employment consequences. Leaving a job, however, cannot answer every question about a shooting, a prosecution, or what the defense and jury were told.

Who explains those decisions? Who tests the official account? Who makes sure the person in prison gets a meaningful chance to challenge it?

The badge does not answer those questions. The institution that issued it should not get to make them disappear.

Hear the accounts. Hear Jeff. Decide which questions still need answers.

E007 with Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow) premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Premiering tonight at 8 PM Eastern: Jeff “Bulletinman” Weinhaus with Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow).

You’ve heard about the case. Tonight, hear the man living it.

His reporting. The shooting he survived. The evidence he wants examined. The years with his family he cannot get back.

Watch E007 through the episode page:

https://t.co/BReW0NTeEN

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[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

A conviction should never become an excuse to stop asking questions.

Jeff disputes the case against him. In this conversation, he speaks about the promised return of his equipment, the shooting, witnesses, prison, family and faith.

Bring your questions. Hear his account. Tonight at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Prison walls can confine a person. They should not bury his story.

In the documentary’s archival interview, Jeff describes restrictions on recordings and efforts to keep his voice from getting out. Then the clip moves to his actual voice from E007.

He draws a distinction at the heart of this series: an enemy of the state does not have to be an enemy of the people.

You do not have to agree with Jeff to listen. You do not have to adopt his worldview to insist that government account for its conduct. Rights become fragile when we reserve our concern for people who sound like us.

Hear the person behind the prosecution, the prison number, and the headlines. Hear his account, his humor, his faith, and the questions he wants answered.

Jeff Weinhaus with Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow). E007 premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Jeff Weinhaus with @MarkEdgeShow — Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern. Episode details and the premiere:

https://t.co/mu6i9z1aIO

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Four hits. Five feet.

Jeff recounts being hit four times. Mark asks the question that puts the distance into perspective.

Jeff “Bulletinman” Weinhaus, in his own words with @MarkEdgeShow.

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[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

@MarkEdgeShow Watch the full conversation and explore Jeff’s case: https://t.co/AI8zmDfF5U

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

They took his publishing equipment.

Why did a search that Jeff says began with a marijuana allegation end with his publishing equipment being taken? He describes the seizure and the call to collect his property.

Jeff “Bulletinman” Weinhaus, in his own words with @MarkEdgeShow.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

@MarkEdgeShow Watch the full conversation and explore Jeff’s case: https://t.co/IvVVKux1z3

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

The badge does not turn intimidation into public service.

Jeff Weinhaus published criticism of officials and investigated allegations of local corruption. His computers were seized. The documentary includes a recorded officer interview discussing intelligence gathering and the possibility of putting a GPS tracking device on his car.

Listen to the scale of the response to this local publisher. Then listen to Jeff’s joke about his computers supposedly smoking pot. The absurdity comes from the story itself.

A critic does not owe the government a comfortable day. The people exercising state power owe the public an explanation for how they use it.

You do not have to share Jeff’s politics, religion, or manner of speaking to insist on that explanation. Scrutiny of government belongs to everybody.

Hear Jeff’s account with Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow). E007 premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Jeff Weinhaus with @MarkEdgeShow — Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern. Episode details and the premiere:

https://t.co/uhWWs2bgep

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

They told him to leave. He found a helicopter.

Jeff “Bulletinman” Weinhaus was questioning how a Dollar General site in Bourbon, Missouri, had been acquired. In the documentary, you see him trying to report the story, objecting to being kept from filming, and getting told to leave. Then comes the helicopter follow-up.

That is a useful introduction to Jeff: persistent, inventive, outspoken, and difficult to brush aside.

A free press includes the local person with an awkward question and a camera. It includes the reporter who makes officials uncomfortable. Institutional approval is a poor test of whether somebody deserves to be heard.

This campaign follows Jeff, the shooting he survived, the case against him, and the evidence he wants examined. Start by meeting the person behind it.

Jeff Weinhaus joins Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow) in E007, premiering Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Jeff Weinhaus with @MarkEdgeShow — Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern. Episode details and the premiere:

https://t.co/FpEyUS6PvU

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

He came for his computers. They came for him.

It was an arrest disguised as a property return.

The documentary plays the account of the call to Jeff Weinhaus and describes the plan as a ruse. Another recorded officer explains the open trunk: make it look like they were giving his property back.

A ruse is a polished word for a lie. In this case, the lie brought a man into a meeting with armed officers. He was shot seconds after getting out of his car.

Jeff survived. He was later convicted of assaulting an officer and other offenses, receiving concurrent sentences including a 30-year term. He disputes the case against him.

An arrest plan does not settle whether the shooting was justified. A conviction does not put government conduct beyond scrutiny.

Hear the man at the center of this case.

Jeff Weinhaus with Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow). Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

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[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Jeff Weinhaus with @MarkEdgeShow — Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern. Episode details and the premiere:

https://t.co/RpnOVFthJr

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

A badge is not a substitute for evidence.

In the documentary’s recording, the officer says Jeff was drawing his weapon. A witness describes turning after he heard the first shot and says he did not see a gun in Jeff’s hands.

That timing matters. The witness is describing what he observed after turning—not claiming he saw every movement before the shooting. His distinction between a person possessing a gun and having one in his hands matters, too.

Deadly force deserves that level of scrutiny. So does the account used to secure a conviction.

Government testimony should be tested with the same seriousness as anybody else’s. Authority cannot do the work that evidence is supposed to do.

Watch the accounts in this clip. Then hear Jeff explain the case in his own words with Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow).

E007 premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

Jeff Weinhaus with @MarkEdgeShow — Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern. Episode details and the premiere:

https://t.co/RA9E7X9xUP

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

A fair trial. Batteries included.

Jeff says he faced court with a concealed shock restraint on his ankle. He describes being afraid to make an issue of his defense because he did not want to be shocked. Documentary interviewees discuss the restraint. Ammon Bundy (@RealABundy) challenges the fairness of the trial.

What does that threat do to a person who is supposed to be helping defend his own freedom?

Courtroom security carries responsibilities. So does the obligation to let a defendant be heard. A proceeding can have a judge, a jury and all the proper furniture while leaving serious questions about whether the accused had a meaningful chance to challenge the state.

Fairness has to mean something to the person facing the sentence.

Listen to Jeff’s account, then hear the longer conversation with Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow).

E007 premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

@RealABundy Jeff Weinhaus with @MarkEdgeShow — Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern. Episode details and the premiere:

https://t.co/szObccP2Qc

#freejeffweinhaus

[Enemies of The State @EOTS_Freedom]

A conviction is not a lifetime permission slip to ignore the evidence.

Mark Edge (@MarkEdgeShow) puts the request plainly: look at the evidence again. Jeff describes FBI witnesses he says were not called. Ammon Bundy (@RealABundy) describes the push for a hearing.

Jeff and his advocates argue that material information was withheld and that important questions remain unheard. Their claims deserve examination against the record and the state’s position.

If the case is sound, scrutiny should strengthen it. If something went wrong, refusing to look only compounds the harm.

A justice system should be able to show its work. Especially when the result is decades of somebody’s life.

Listen to the request in this clip. Then hear Jeff explain the case in his own words.

E007 with Mark Edge premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 8 PM Eastern.

#freejeffweinhaus