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Forty Years Bashing The National Endowment For Democracy – OpEd

On Sunday, Elon Musk posted on X: “Those who know, please reply to this post listing all the evil things that

saturday 6

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Democrats waging ‘holy war’ as Trump ends 50 years of affirmative-action tyranny

Democrats waging ‘holy war’ as Trump ends 50 years of affirmative-action tyranny

When President Trump fired two leftist Equal Employment Opportunity commissioners, he hobbled an agency that has been dishonestly dictating quotas to...

02.02.2025 40

New York Post

James Bovard

Trump Freezes Foreign Aid Fraud – OpEd

The Trump administration has suspended top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development.  The move, labeled a “Monday afternoon

01.02.2025 9

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Will Any Federal Officials Pay For What They Did? – OpEd

The biggest scientific con of the century is finally being exposed. But will any politicians or government officials ever be

25.01.2025 10

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Biden scorns the rule of law with last-day pardons — especially for Fauci

Biden scorns the rule of law with last-day pardons — especially for Fauci

Biden also pardoned five members of his family during the final minutes of his presidency.

21.01.2025 70

New York Post

James Bovard

For Inauguration Day, Open Federal Files And Give Truth A Chance – OpEd

For Inauguration Day, Open Federal Files And Give Truth A Chance – OpEd

Federal agencies classify trillions of pages of documents each year—enough secrets to fill 20 million filing cabinets. Washington politicians and

21.01.2025 5

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Biden’s Sordid Legacy: Ravaged Rights And Liberties – OpEd

Joe Biden’s presidency ends on January 20, 2025. There will likely be a media stampede to hallow his reign and

17.01.2025 4

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Biden’s “Better Angels” Bullshit

Joe Biden’s presidency ends on January 20, 2025. There will likely be a media stampede to hallow his reign and trumpet his virtues. But Biden...

16.01.2025 10

CounterPunch

James Bovard

Witches, Covid, And Our Dictatorial Democracy – OpEd

On December 1, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter for all the crimes he committed from January 1, 2014 through...

27.12.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

The government’s COVID con gave us a million American caskets

The Wall Street Journal’s COVID bombshell exposes how federal agencies carried out the biggest scientific con of the century. From the very start...

27.12.2024 30

New York Post

James Bovard

Burning Witches and Torching American Democracy

On December 1, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter for all the crimes he committed from January 1, 2014 through...

19.12.2024 6

CounterPunch

James Bovard

Musk, Vivek face target-rich environment for vile federal regs and waste

Elon Musk promises that his new Department of Government Efficiency can reveal how to cut federal spending by $2 trillion per year. Musk and his...

03.12.2024 30

New York Post

James Bovard

Why Trump Routed The D.C. Establishment, Again – OpEd

After the media complained nonstop for months about Donald Trump offering a dark message on the presidential campaign trail, a New York...

08.11.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

To ‘Save Democracy,’ Facebook Bans ‘Dictator’ – OpEd

Facebook notified me on Sunday morning that eight years ago, I posted a link to my  Washington Times article  warning of  Dictatorial Democracy  ...

07.11.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Tyranny Via ‘Freedom From Fear’ – OpEd

The Democratic Party is championing Kamala Harris as a born-again champion of freedom.  Earlier this year, Democrats shifted their rhetorical focus...

25.10.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Tyranny via “Freedom From Fear”

The Democratic Party is championing Kamala Harris as a born-again champion of freedom.  Earlier this year, Democrats shifted their rhetorical focus...

25.10.2024 5

CounterPunch

James Bovard

My Tenth Depraved Presidential Election – OpEd

Presidential season is a time for Americans to restore their faith in democracy. How can folks not be filled with gratitude for being permitted a...

16.10.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

My Tenth Depraved Presidential Election

Presidential season is a time for Americans to restore their faith in democracy. How can folks not be filled with gratitude for being permitted a...

15.10.2024 3

CounterPunch

James Bovard

The Mirage Of Honest Government – OpEd

For more than 70 years, America has been on the verge of honest government. In election after election, politicians have promised to finally take...

08.10.2024 20

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Kamala Harris’ ‘Opportunity Economy’ scam is a wrecking ball of government control

Harris wants sweeping new federal powers to achieve “equity” — but in her Opportunity Economy, every American would be further subjugated to...

27.09.2024 10

New York Post

James Bovard

Hillary Clinton Returns To Muzzle Everyone – OpEd

“You could drop Hillary  into any trouble spot, come back in a month and… she will have made it better,” former president Bill Clinton...

26.09.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Hillary Clinton Returns to Muzzle Everyone  

  “You could drop Hillary  into any trouble spot, come back in a month and… she will have made it better,” former president Bill Clinton...

25.09.2024 4

CounterPunch

James Bovard

Hillary Clinton, queen of disinformation, issues two-faced call for censorship

Hillary wants the federal government to criminally prosecute Americans who share “propaganda” — but “disinformation” is often just the lag time...

19.09.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

Why are Police Entitled to Lie and Slander?

In a presidential race in which both major party candidates are kowtowing to law enforcement, don’t expect any candor about the perils that...

13.09.2024 3

CounterPunch

James Bovard

Brazil’s Crackdown On X Represents A Dangerous Approach To Institutional Mistrust – OpEd

By Diogo Costa As democracies grapple with misinformation, Brazil’s hardline approach is seen by some as a potential model. The country has taken...

13.09.2024 5

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Police Have The Right To Lie And Slander – OpEd

To serve and protect, police are allowed to slander and destroy. Cops in many states and localities have acquired the right to lie about their...

13.09.2024 5

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

How The FAA Is Keeping Flying Cars In Science Fiction – OpEd

By Maxwell Tabarrok Flying cars are used as a synecdoche for all of the 20th-century sci-fi dreams that never came true. But they shouldn’t be...

07.09.2024 4

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Democracy’s Damndest Defamation – OpEd

In a democracy, people automatically become liable for whatever the government inflicts upon them. Many of the most deadly errors of contemporary...

07.09.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Hunter Biden’s plea proves IRS and DOJ helped tilt the 2020 election for Joe

The coverup of Hunter’s tax crimes probably changed the result of the 2020 presidential election and perhaps tampered with 2022 congressional...

06.09.2024 200

New York Post

James Bovard

TSA Tyranny Goes Cutesy – OpEd

In the glorious age of the Kamala Ascendency, the TSA is no longer restraining its contempt for American travelers. After squeezing millions of...

04.09.2024 3

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Will Kamala Make Idealism Great Again? – OpEd

As the presidential race enters the final stretch, politicians are recycling the usual scams to make people believe this election will be...

29.08.2024 1

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Will Kamala Make Idealism Great Again?

As the presidential race enters the final stretch, politicians are recycling the usual scams to make people believe this election will be...

29.08.2024 7

CounterPunch

James Bovard

Nixon And The Never-Ending Presidential Crime Wave – OpEd

August 8 was the fiftieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Unfortunately, that anniversary spurred little reflections or...

17.08.2024 1

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Buy A Bible, Become A Terror Suspect – OpEd

Americans are familiar with the Miranda warning that anything that arrestees say can be used against them in a court of law. But the Biden...

14.08.2024 2

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Kamalaflage: Dems race to expunge the evidence of Harris’ leftist history

Harris’ entire career is being miraculously expunged — or at least purified — in a craven evidence-rigging stampede.

31.07.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard