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The Founders’ Warnings on Power and Liberty

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Michael Boldin

The Founders warned us – again and again – that power always expands, no matter who holds it. You can’t trust anyone with power, no matter how much you like them or what they’re doing with it, because that same power will eventually fall into the hands of someone determined to destroy your liberty. Their … Read more

James Madison’s Six Principles to Stop Federal Tyranny

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024 Michael Boldin

The states are “duty bound to interpose.” That’s how James Madison put it in his Virginia Resolutions, passed on Dec 21 and 24, 1798, in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. His resolutions answer a timeless question: What should be done when the federal government oversteps its constitutional bounds? Today, that’s 24/7/365 – so it … Read more

Government Smothers All Competition

December 23, 2024 Skip

I found this, among some others, over at Barnorama: “Taxes are like a subscription to your Country that you can’t cancel, no matter how bad the service gets.” Well, the “can’t cancel” bit is undoubtedly valid. Even if you are so low on the economic totem pole that you do not pay income taxes, except … Read more

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Get the Government Out of The Classroom

November 29, 2024 Ron Paul

President-elect Trump has nominated former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. President-elect Trump promised that, if confirmed, Mrs. McMahon would “spearhead” the effort to “send education back to the states.” This has led some people to wonder if Linda McMahon may be the last Secretary of Education. The Constitution does not … Read more

Rising Up, Not Against Institutions, But Elitism

November 28, 2024 Andrew Cline

In the United States and across the globe, a stark political divide has emerged not between left and right, but between outsiders and insiders. To a large extent, the 2024 election reflects an outsider revolt against elite misuse of institutions. Analysts and writers on both the left and the right have noticed this, though they … Read more

Disinformation Isn’t the Problem. Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problem

October 10, 2024 John W. and Nisha Whitehead

“What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion if you are not informed? If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a … Read more

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Don’t Trust the Government. Not with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms

September 21, 2024 The Rutherford Institute

Public trust in the government to “do what is right” understandably remains at an all-time low. After all, how do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, targeted, tracked, repressed, robbed, impoverished, imprisoned and … Read more

Of Course, Vermont Has an Unconstitutional Religious Test

July 16, 2024June 7, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Have you ever seen someone you used to know whom you thought was put together well? Then you run into them years later, and they look like they just gave up. That’s Vermont.

Why Shouldn’t You Trust the Government?

January 20, 2024January 19, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Most of you know any number of reasons, dozens, scores, innumerable, perhaps for distrusting the government, and it grows almost daily. You know enough, and we don’t want to turn off first-time readers – or relatively new lurkers – with the fire hose. No, this ‘Why’ is one why, but it’s a big one with lots of tentacles.

Night Cap: How Did the U.S. Government Become So Big?

December 16, 2023 Op-Ed

How big is the federal government? Two measures are the number of civilian employees (nearly two million) and the number of agencies (now exceeding 440). These numbers barely hint at their massive meddling into business activities and the personal lives of Americans.

The Biden Administration’s EV Goals Are an Expensive Fantasy

November 26, 2023 Op-Ed

The Biden administration is pushing for widespread electrification in less than 20 years through government subsidies and coercive regulations as part of its aggressive climate agenda. The truth is that President Joe Biden’s goals are an illusion at the expense of the American people.

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We the Targeted: How the Government Weaponizes Surveillance to Silence Its Critics

September 5, 2023 Op-Ed

Ever since Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his groundbreaking “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963, the Deep State has been hard at work turning King’s dream into a living nightmare.

Promoted from the Comments: Wag the Dog, Who’s Government is it, and Rich Men North of Richmond

August 22, 2023 Skip

I haven’t done one of these kinds of posts for a while, and while going through my emails on Sunday after being OoO (“Out Of The Office”) on Saturday, these caught my eye as they each spoke to the REAL threat to our “Democracy.”

“I Don’t Know Where Any Bodies Are Buried. But I Think I Know What Happened to Their Souls.”

August 4, 2023 Steve MacDonald

From 2007-2015 Simon Marcus was a British Conservative Party Candidate, “sometime advisor and up-and-comer.” He’s taken that experience and written a piece you should read titled “How Politics Destroys Your Soul.” He’s talking about Parliament, but it rings true in any political environment.

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Point That Finger in the Mirror

July 9, 2023 Ian Underwood

Recently, I saw someone complaining that the Biden administration’s attempts to suppress free speech on social media are inconsistent with promises that Biden made to ‘bring decency and morality’ back to government.

“Biden Owes His “Victory” To Blatant Political Corruption”

June 25, 2023 Steve MacDonald

Reporter Tom Elliott has compiled a compelling list of facts pointing out the US government’s institutional corruption. You’ve likely seen some or most of them, but they paint a disturbing and unpleasant picture of America when laid out in succession.

Government Power Is Like a Deadly Disease

June 18, 2023 Op-Ed

Government power is like a deadly disease.

If you don’t nip it in the bud, it grows faster and faster – and more dangerous.

That’s what the Founders and Old Revolutionaries warned us about – repeatedly. As a result of ignoring their warnings for generations, we now live under the largest government in history – and the disease keeps getting worse.

Like a Boomerang, The Exasperation Keeps Coming Back – Federal Govt Debt Ceiling Games

March 24, 2023 Skip

This is a freakingly great concept! If you can’t spend for everything, try PRIORITIZING the spending.

Teacher’s Goal Is To Confuse “Her” Children About Gender and MORE! – Stack of Stuff #40

March 22, 2023 Skip

Yep, another helping of teachers/staff/School Districts acting as full-blown ideological missionaries for Gender Dysphoria mental illness and Critical Race Theory (you are only what your skin shows, not how you think). The first story up is a tale about the endgame of both tactics – chaos, and confusion.