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Why do so many Americans distrust the Washington Post? “Pro-Iran propaganda network gains traction with posts about Epstein” offers a
U.S. foreign aid is a Tyrant Entitlement Program. Phony piety has long been one of America’s top political exports. President
At 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, President Trump posted a home video announcing that he was declaring war on Iran. Many
If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, Transportation Security Administration agents can fleece you. TSA has...
A few presidencies ago, Washington politicians used boundless political and intellectual chicanery to drag America into a ruinous war. Thousands
Last November, Axios published new damning information on the role of Saudi government officials in bankrolling the 9/11 attacks on New York City and...
President Trump constantly blusters as if he deserves the Nobel Prize for Economic Triumphs, just like he supposedly deserved the
The 2016 presidential election was so tainted that it spurred the Oxford English Dictionary to choose “post-truth” as the word
The FBI treated Hillary Clinton and her coterie like royalty worthy of endless deference, according to a 2018 report by the Justice Department...
“Just after one year of President Trump, our economy is booming. Incomes are rising. Investment is soaring. Inflation has been defeated.” That...
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem calls for Minneapolis to “set up a peaceful protest zone so that these individuals can exercise their First
The Trump administration may soon reduce highway robbery by 95% in Washington, DC. The Big Apple needs the same silver bullet because the city’s...
DHS is seeking to enforce a “cone of silence” over all its operations – including information that has already been publicly disclosed. On Face...
There is no censorship here in Germany,” according to Steffen Meyer, a top spokesman for the German government. In reality, Germans have
Revisiting a Romanian regime even more paranoid than Alex Jones.
Vice President J.D. Vance denounced European politicians for blighting democracy with brazen censorship in a February speech in Munich. Vance warned:...
Last Tuesday, President Trump denounced the New York Times in a Truth Social post as a “serious threat to the
Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week after a recent...
Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week after a recent flight. Writing on X,...
Scott Adams, the cartoonist who gave the world “Dilbert,” is suffering mightily in the final throes of cancer. After he departs this vale of...
Is the affordability issue making President Trump schizophrenic? “I don’t want to hear about the affordability!” Trump declared in a Fox News...
The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth...
DOGE is done. Just over a year ago, President-elect Donald Trump announced he was launching the Department of Government Efficiency to produce “a...
Despite being charged with no crime, more than half a million Americans have been robbed by government agents on the nation’s sidewalks, highways...
During the recent government shutdown, the temporary interruption of benefits to 42 million food stamp recipients was hyped as practically
The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump...
Some folks who know my work presume that I am implacably opposed to all federal agencies. Not true. I have
The Trump administration has warred against such truth-tellers since its first week in office. On January 24, President Trump fired 17 inspector...
President Trump is rattling his saber against Colombian President Gustavo Petro to punish him for accusing the U.S. government of
President Trump is rattling his saber against Colombian President Gustavo Petro to punish him for accusing the U.S. government of murdering Venezuelan...
The Trump administration has slashed federal spending for democracy promotion efforts around the globe. That rollback of U.S. meddling is
George Washington refused to allow his image on the nation’s coins because it would be too “monarchical.” But will the Trump administration rise...
In 1999, the Supreme Court recognized in that the “‘constitutional right to travel from one State to another’ is firmly
In 1999, the Supreme Court recognized in that the “‘constitutional right to travel from one State to another’ is firmly embedded in our...
Only in Washington would an edict to banish all dissidents be labeled Operation Freedom to Breathe. The Transportation Security Administration in 2021...
Henry David Thoreau was one of America’s most eloquent and incisive philosophers. His derision of unjust laws in his essay
New York City is on the verge of electing a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist,” Zohran Mamdani, as mayor. How did so many New Yorkers become...
On July 7, the Justice Department and FBI announced that billionaire Jeffrey “Epstein harmed over one thousand victims” – mostly young
Epstein’s case exemplifies how federal law doesn’t apply to the financial elite. In 1970, Congress enacted the Bank Secrecy Act, making it a crime...
JPMorgan helped Jeffrey Epstein commit thousands of federal banking-law violations, per a bombshell New York Times report. Federal regulators...
Almost one-third of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed a bill to compel all Illinois schools to offer students mental-health screenings. Pritzker proclaimed the...
According to Canada’s top prosecutors, the only thing worse than tyranny is “mischief.”
By Jake Scott A welcome and significant change has come to European politics: an admission that the European Union (EU) has relied
How many atrocities can the federal government get away with? Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to
On January 24, President Trump fired 17 inspector generals working for a wide array of federal agencies. Trump’s action jolted
“Those bastards didn’t send back my article! Now I have to re-type the whole piece before I can submit it
As Americans celebrate the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we should also toast the 250th anniversary of a savvy...