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The beauty of being for less government, a lean bureaucracy, sunsetting regulations, expiring rules, and lower taxes (taxation is theft) is that if an opposing political machine were to assume power, even temporarily, they can’t use what you did against you. Never assume the tyrannies, petty or otherwise, that you implement for political advantage won’t … Read more
In many countries, though not in most parts of the United States, laws prohibit “hate speech.” Those who, in Jeremy Waldron’s opinion, uncritically elevate the benefits of free speech over competing values oppose hate-speech laws; but Waldron thinks that a strong case can be made in their favor. (Waldron thinks that there are “very few … Read more
Financial privacy is a right under the Constitution, as is free speech. Under the guise of “credit review,” Stripe is now rolling out a requirement that appears to target conservative or “anti-vax” Substack authors. Stripe is requiring that these authors provide all of their current and historic financial records associated with the bank account into … Read more
We should have seen this coming. A mere 25 days after the Inauguration, Vice President JD Vance went to Munich to convey a few key messages. Things that made some in the EU cry. To ensure freedom, Western “democracies” needed to protect free and open public discourse, and the EU is “disappointing” history. Vance spoke … Read more
Since the outset of Mayor Donchess’s leadership, our City’s political climate has shifted to destabilize our democracy. A persistent pattern has emerged, with elected officials, appointed or endorsed by the Mayor, making statements that marginalize concerned citizens, question their motives, and dismiss their input. This ongoing trend chills free speech, erodes public trust, and weakens … Read more
Vermont has passed a law that allows the state attorney general to fine pregnancy care centers up to $10,000.00 for “advertising” the AG deems misleading. That’s the intent. Pro-Abortion Democrats passed a muzzle bill in 2023 to intimidate pregnancy care centers to the benefit of abortion clinics, but it didn’t work. Not exactly. It was … Read more
Beth Scaer was silenced and threatened with police intervention after referring to a biologically male athlete who plays on the girls’ soccer team as a “tall boy” during public comment period. New London, NH — Beth Scaer spoke out against male athletes in girls’ high school sports at a local school board meeting—but the board silenced … Read more
Leave it to an American Pontif to tell the assembled members of world media that free speech and a free press are not just essential but that it “does not seek consensus at all costs, does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition, and never separates the search for truth from … Read more
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Files Motion to Dismiss In the summer of 2024, Isaac Santiago placed a message on the door of a church in Dover, New Hampshire. Police have accused a New Hampshire Bible-believing Christian of posting “criminally threatening, coercive and hateful” messages on the door of a LGBTQ-affirming church in Dover, NH, but it is abundantly clear … Read more
We do not have free speech to talk about the weather. Our Founders, particularly James Madison who drafted the Bill of Rights, understood that our rights are not privileges granted to us by government. No, it was understood at the founding that these basic natural rights outlined by Madison were granted by our Creator and … Read more
On March 25, six masked federal agents seized a Turkish graduate student on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Rumeysa Ozturk—who was wearing a hajib—is a Fulbright scholar working on a doctorate at Tufts University. She was abducted and vanished into the maw of the federal prison system. The Trump administration ignored a federal court order … Read more
I will always have reservations about the government using force (arrest, detention, and even deportation) when it appears to silence open expression, especially dissent. Absent actual threats or proof of incitement (that results in personal or property damage), let them speak. Yes, I wrote about this yesterday, but it’s important to keep digging into every … Read more
A repugnant tactic of authoritarianism is categorizing people’s desire for or exercise of freedom as illness that government should suppress. An example of this was the deeming of dissidents in the Soviet Union as mentally ill to justify their detention and punishment. In America, there has long been resistance against an effort to similarly have the United … Read more
This week, my guest is the author of ‘Truth Was My Crime,’ Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff. Elisabeth was persecuted by the Austrian Government and the European Union for stating a historical fact, but because it was about the prophet Mohammad, it became a continental scandal, dragging Sabaditsch-Wolff through the #woke anti-free speech ringer. She joins us to … Read more
Remember when being a student also meant pushing back on authoritarian norms? Fighting the system. I never did any of that myself, not really, but I didn’t become political until I was in my forties. Our public schools were also not as politicized. There were always teachers’ unions, but it was never obvious or present … Read more
Tomorrow night’s episode of GrokTALK! features guest Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, author of Truth Was My Crime. She is a victim of the European war on free speech. We will discuss her book, her experience with governments destroying you for speaking truth, as well as what has and has not changed since Donald Trump won last November. I … Read more
I’m not inclined to travel these days. I don’t like the BCS at TSA. I don’t have the proper “documents.” I confess to being a bit put out by the impact of DEI on the design, assembly, flight, and air traffic control. And I admit to some lingering concern over their response to COVID-19. It … Read more
“Freedom of speech is a virus. Censorship is the vaccine.” This chilling mantra echoed in the corridors of power throughout Europe and the UK has become the unspoken creed of a globalist left eager to maintain control. It serves as a seductive soundbite for those who fear the chaos of open discourse—a justification for silencing … Read more
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’s comical display over babies’ “onesies” during Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing for HHS Secretary was an attempted assault on the right to free speech. The speech policing of the Biden administration is not yet in the rearview mirror: it was on full display when Sanders demanded Kennedy curtail the … Read more