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Weaponization of Politics, an American Tradition
• June 26, 2023
• 600 Words • 45 Comments • Reply
President Donald Trump is hardly the first political figure who has had the legal and policy processes weaponized against him. In fact, there is a long and shameful history of US politicians and bureaucrats weaponizing governmental powers against their political opponents. The First Amendment was not even a decade old when fear of influence on... Read More
The RESTRICT Act Restricts More Than TikTok
• April 3, 2023
• 600 Words • 22 Comments • Reply
Supporters of expanding the federal police state have found a new boogeyman to scare the people into surrendering their liberty: TikTok. TikTok is a social media platform that allows users to upload their own videos. It is used by tens of millions of Americans and is one of the most popular websites in the world.... Read More
Ugly Covid Lies
• July 25, 2022
• 600 Words • 32 Comments • Reply
After two years of unprecedented government tyranny in the name of fighting a virus, the prime instigators of this infamy are walking free, writing books, and openly pretending they never said the things they clearly said over and over. Take Trump’s White House Covid response coordinator Deborah Birx, for example. She was, as the Brownstone... Read More
We Need a Revolution
• January 10, 2022
• 600 Words • 66 Comments • Reply
A recent Washington Post/University of Maryland poll found that 34 percent of Americans think violent action against the government can be justifiable. This view is held by 40 percent of Republicans and 23 percent of Democrats. The result may seem surprising since leftists have been responsible for much of the recent politically-motivated violence, and many... Read More
Taking Back Our Liberty in 2022
• January 3, 2022
• 600 Words • 23 Comments • Reply
For those of us who value liberty, these past two years have been a bad dream. It seems like we fell asleep in early 2020 and woke up in 1984! They said that if we just put on a mask and stayed home for two weeks, we’d be able to return to normal. The two... Read More
Great News: Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Is Falling Apart!
• November 8, 2021
• 600 Words • 62 Comments • Reply
The Biden vaccine mandate appears to be falling apart before it’s even in place. From first responders to truck drivers to everyone in-between, the message is clear: many thousands are willing to be fired from their jobs rather than be forced to take a medical procedure they do not want. They have leverage and they... Read More
Resist the Unique Patient Identifier!
• November 1, 2021
• 600 Words • 21 Comments • Reply
If people who torture animals are psychopaths, then what are government officials who use taxpayer dollars to fund animal torture? Many are asking this question in the wake of revelations that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, headed by Dr. Anthony Fauci - high priest of the COVID cult - funded medical “research”... Read More
Authoritarianism Pandemic Is the Real Threat
• September 6, 2021
• 600 Words • 29 Comments • Reply
Cook County, Illinois, Judge James Shapiro reached a new low in covid tyranny by forbidding Rebecca Firlit from seeing her 11-year-old son until she receives a covid vaccine. Judge Shapiro is not alone in abusing judicial power to force individuals to get vaccinated. Judges across the country have ordered defendants to get covid vaccines, sometimes... Read More
The Road to Authoritarianism Is Paved with Fiat Currency
• June 21, 2021
• 500 Words • 9 Comments • Reply
Last week, the Federal Reserve announced it will maintain an interest rate target of zero to 0.25 percent for the rest of 2021. The Fed said it will also continue its monthly purchase of 120 billion dollars of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities. Some Fed board members are forecasting a rate increase by late 2022 or... Read More
The Lessons of Waco
• June 14, 2021
• 600 Words • 33 Comments • Reply
April 19 was the 28th anniversary of one of the most shameful episodes in modern American history: the massacre of 76 innocent men, women, and children by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) in a military-style assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. The assault followed a botched raid... Read More
Covid Authoritarians Abuse Children
• May 10, 2021
• 500 Words • 30 Comments • Reply
Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has “recommended” that children wear masks while playing. Her offered reason is to ensure Covid is not spread by “heavy breathing” of children near each other while around a soccer ball. Dr. Walensky’s recommendation is one more example of Covid authoritarians' refusal to “listen to the... Read More
Is Biden Holding America Hostage Until ‘Independence’ Day?
• March 15, 2021
• 500 Words • 15 Comments • Reply
Last week President Biden addressed the nation on the first anniversary of the coronavirus being declared a “pandemic.” It was a disturbing speech, warning us that the “hopeful spring” will only emerge “from a dark winter” if all Americans “stick with the rules.” Whose rules? His rules. The message from the president was clear: he... Read More
Libertarian Terrorists?
• February 1, 2021
• 500 Words • 36 Comments • Reply
The Department of Homeland Security issued on Wednesday a nationwide terror alert lasting until April 30. The alert warns of potential terrorist attacks from Americans who are “ideologically motivated” and have “objections to the exercise of government authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives.” The language used... Read More
When Fascism Comes, It Will be Wearing a Mask
• January 25, 2021
• 500 Words • 50 Comments • Reply
Almost immediately after his inauguration, President Joe Biden began creating new government dictates via executive orders. Many of these executive orders concern coronavirus, fulfilling Biden’s promise to make ramping up a coronavirus-inspired attack on liberty a focus of his first 100 days. One of Biden’s executive orders imposes mask and social distancing mandates on anyone... Read More
The Unwelcome Return of the Real Purveyors of Violence
• January 18, 2021
• 600 Words • 28 Comments • Reply
With the mainstream media still obsessing about the January 6th “violent coup attempt” at the US Capitol Building, the incoming Biden Administration looks to be chock full of actual purveyors of violent coups. Don’t look to the mainstream media to report on this, however. Some of the same politicians and bureaucrats denouncing the ridiculous farce... Read More
Big Holes in the Covid 'Spike' Narrative
• July 20, 2020
• 600 Words • 44 Comments • Reply
Motorcycle accidents ruled Covid deaths? In the rush to paint Florida as the epicenter of the “second wave” of the coronavirus outbreak, government officials and their allies in the mainstream media have stooped to ridiculous depths to maximize the death count. A television station this weekend looked into two highly unusual Covid deaths among victims... Read More
Listen to the Doctors, End the Lockdowns
• June 1, 2020
• 500 Words • 8 Comments • Reply
Six hundred physicians recently signed a letter to President Trump calling for an end to the coronavirus lockdowns. The physicians wrote that, far from protecting public health, the lockdowns are causing “exponentially growing negative health consequences” for millions of Americans. Since the lockdowns began, there have been increases in alcoholism, drug abuse, and domestic violence.... Read More
Listening to the Coronavirus 'Experts' Has Led to Death and Despair
• May 18, 2020
• 600 Words • 31 Comments • Reply
On April 21st the Washington Post savaged Georgia governor Brian Kemp’s decision to begin opening his state after locking down for weeks. “Georgia leads the race to become America’s No. 1 Death Destination,” sneered the headline. The author, liberal pundit Dana Milbank, actually found the possibility of Georgians dying to be hilarious, suggesting that, “as... Read More
Authoritarians Using Coronavirus Fear to Destroy America
• May 11, 2020
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A Fresno, California waffle restaurant dared to open its doors for business this weekend to the delight of a long line of customers, who waited up to two hours for the “privilege” of willingly spending their money in a business happy to serve them breakfast on Mother’s Day. This freedom of voluntary transaction is the... Read More
A Healthcare PATRIOT Act?
• April 13, 2020
• 600 Words • 7 Comments • Reply
According to a story in Politico, the White House Coronavirus Task Force is considering creating a national surveillance system to track Americans’ health information. Supporters of this initiative claim it would enable the federal government to quickly identify areas in need of additional medical supplies and other assistance because the areas are coronavirus “hot spots.”... Read More
Sentence First, Crime Later?
• November 4, 2019
• 500 Words • 9 Comments • Reply
Attorney General William Barr recently sent a memo to law enforcement officials announcing a new federal initiative that would use techniques and tools developed in the war on terror, such as mass surveillance, to identify potential mass shooters. Those so identified would be targets of early interventions, which would include the disregarding of Second Amendment... Read More
Who Are the Real Extremists?
• August 26, 2019
• 600 Words • 7 Comments • Reply
The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have re-ignited efforts to pass “Red Flag” laws, which allow the government to take away a person’s guns without due process, and expanded background checks on those wishing to purchase a gun. Some supporters of these measures acknowledge they would not have prevented the Dayton and... Read More
Why Can't We Sue the TSA for Assault?
• June 18, 2018
• 600 Words • 18 Comments • Reply
When I was in Congress and had to regularly fly between DC and Texas, I was routinely subjected to invasive “pat-downs” (physical assaults) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). One time, exasperated with the constant insults to my privacy and dignity, I asked a TSA agent if he was proud to assault innocent Americans for... Read More
Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft
• August 7, 2017
• 400 Words • 8 Comments • Reply
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently ordered the Justice Department to increase the use of civil asset forfeiture, thus once again endorsing an unconstitutional, authoritarian, and increasingly unpopular policy. Civil asset forfeiture, which should be called civil asset theft, is the practice of seizing property believed to be involved in a crime. The government keeps the... Read More
We Must Declare Independence
• July 3, 2017
• 600 Words • 18 Comments • Reply
As Independence Day comes around again we should spend a few moments between barbecue and fireworks to think about the meaning of independence. The colonists who rebelled against the British Crown were, among other things, unhappy about taxation. Yet, as economist Gary North points out, the total burden of British imperial taxation was about one-to-two... Read More
Loretta Lynch and the Government War on Free Speech
• March 13, 2016
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During her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, Attorney General Loretta Lynch admitted that she asked the FBI to examine whether the federal government should take legal action against so-called climate change deniers. Attorney General Lynch is not responding to any criminal acts committed by climate change skeptics. Instead, she is responding to... Read More
Mandatory Depression Screening Is A Depressing Thought
• February 7, 2016
• 600 Words • 12 Comments • Reply
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended mandatory depression screening for all Americans. The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the screening. Basic economics, as well as the Obamacare disaster, should have shown this task force that government health insurance mandates harm Americans. Government health insurance mandates raise... Read More
Oregon Standoff: Isolated Event or Sign of Things to Come?
• January 10, 2016
• 600 Words • 9 Comments • Reply
The nation's attention turned to Oregon this week when a group calling itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom seized control of part of a federal wildlife refuge. The citizens were protesting the harsh sentences given to members of the Hammond ranching family. The Hammonds were accused of allowing fires set on their property to spread onto... Read More
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Do We Need to Bring Back Internment Camps?
• July 27, 2015
• 600 Words • 32 Comments • Reply
Last week, Retired General Wesley Clark, who was NATO commander during the US bombing of Serbia, proposed that “disloyal Americans” be sent to internment camps for the “duration of the conflict.” Discussing the recent military base shootings in Chattanooga, TN, in which five US service members were killed, Clark recalled the internment of American citizens... Read More
USA FREEDOM Act: Just Another Word for Lost Liberty
• May 3, 2015
• 600 Words • 1 Comment • Reply
Apologists for the National Security Agency (NSA) point to the arrest of David Coleman Headley as an example of how warrantless mass surveillance is necessary to catch terrorists. Headley played a major role in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack that killed 166 people. While few would argue that bringing someone like Headley to justice is... Read More
The IRS and Congress Both Hold Our Liberty in Contempt
• April 5, 2015
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This week the Justice Department announced it would not charge former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner with contempt of Congress. Some members of Congress requested that Lerner be charged with contempt after she refused to testify at a congressional hearing investigating her role in denying or delaying the applications for tax-exempt status of... Read More
Inner City Turmoil and Other Crises: My Predictions for 2015
• January 8, 2015
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If Americans were honest with themselves they would acknowledge that the Republic is no more. We now live in a police state. If we do not recognize and resist this development, freedom and prosperity for all Americans will continue to deteriorate. All liberties in America today are under siege. It didn’t happen overnight. It took... Read More
Ferguson: The War Comes Home
• August 24, 2014
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America’s attention recently turned away from the violence in Iraq and Gaza toward the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of Michael Brown. While all the facts surrounding the shooing have yet to come to light, the shock of seeing police using tear gas (a substance banned in warfare), and other military-style weapons against... Read More
Celebrate Independence Day By Opposing Government Tyranny
• June 29, 2014
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This week Americans will enjoy Independence Day with family cookouts and fireworks. Flags will be displayed in abundance. Sadly, however, what should be a celebration of the courage of those who risked so much to oppose tyranny will instead be turned into a celebration of government, not liberty. The mainstream media and opportunistic politicians have... Read More
Nevada Standoff a Symptom of Increasing Authoritarianism
• April 20, 2014
• 600 Words • 1 Comment • Reply
The nation’s attention has for the past few weeks been riveted by a standoff in Nevada between armed federal agents and the Bundys, a ranching family who believe the federal government is exceeding its authority by accessing “fees” against ranchers who graze cattle on government lands. Outrage over the government's use of armed agents to... Read More
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