In this episode of the Texas News Podcast, Daniel Miller sits down with Larkin Jackson, president of Free Louisiana, to explore how the independence movement is spreading beyond the Lone Star State. Larkin, a pastor from Jefferson Parish, breaks down why 50% of Louisianans are ready to ditch Washington D.C. and reclaim their birthright of self-government.
From the unique Napoleonic Code to parishes instead of counties, Louisiana isn’t just another state—it’s a nation that was bought and sold without ever getting a choice. Larkin exposes how Louisiana operates as nothing more than a resource colony, shipping liquid natural gas around the world while federal bureaucrats skim the profits. He lays out the roadmap for Louisiana independence and why the Pelican State has everything it needs to stand on its own.
This conversation proves Texas isn’t alone in this fight. The federal system is cracking, and states across America are waking up to the reality that Washington D.C. isn’t the solution—it’s the problem. Whether it’s Alberta, California, or Louisiana, the message is clear: the age of self-determination has arrived.
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Topics Covered
- Louisiana’s unique French and Spanish cultural heritage
- Why 50% of Louisianans support independence
- The economic powerhouse Louisiana really is
- How independence movements are collaborating across state lines
- Louisiana’s path through the state legislature
- Why Trump’s presidency hasn’t slowed the independence movement
- The resource colony reality of federal extraction
- Partnership with the Libertarian Party of Louisiana
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Larkin Jackson told Miller that in 1804, a year after the Louisiana Purchase, the people of New Orleans sent representatives to Washington with a message for the U.S. Senate: they were taxed with no vote, governed by men who spoke a language they didn’t speak and practiced a religion they didn’t practice. Jackson says Jefferson hurried statehood along because people there were talking about independence.
Jackson began looking for like-minded people in December 2023, and Free Louisiana launched in July 2024. Louisiana has no citizen initiative, so the route runs through the Legislature, which would have to pass a bill putting a nonbinding question to voters. The group is building volunteer teams parish by parish to find champions in Baton Rouge, and Jackson said those volunteers helped pass some sovereignty bills in the most recent session.
Jackson also pointed to the mouth of the Mississippi River. A great deal of trade flows past it, he said, and Louisiana collects no port fees on any of it.
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