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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 DOGE...

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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 9

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 4

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

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 4

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

16.10.2024 5

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 9

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 this...

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 4

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 10

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...

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 10

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 9

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 10

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 8

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 butts...

04.09.2024 7

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

29.08.2024 9

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 different....

29.08.2024 10

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 10

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

14.08.2024 5

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

In Minnesota’s $250M fraud scandal, Walz bowed to race-hustling scammers

The governor's history of turning a blind eye to the plunder of politically favored racketeers suggests he’ll bow to Democrats’ special interests...

09.08.2024 60

New York Post

James Bovard

Kamala’s Press Chief Tried To Censor Me – OpEd

By James Bovard Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is not missing any chance to condemn Republicans for threatening to censor libraries...

07.08.2024 4

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

We can’t trust politicized FBI to handle probe of Trump assassination bid

The White House is telling Americans to put faith in an agency whose acronym is now widely presumed to stand for “Following Biden’s...

16.07.2024 7

New York Post

James Bovard

We Forgot Merle Haggard’s Warning – OpEd

Since the start of the Covid pandemic, many Americans have been appalled at the tidal wave of dictatorial decrees that futilely sought to vanquish a...

04.07.2024 10

Eurasia Review

James Bovard

Biden’s Supreme Court outburst revealed the falsehoods at the heart of his presidency

While Biden piously invoked the “rule of law” after the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity, he consistently behaves as if his good...

03.07.2024 90

New York Post

James Bovard

Supreme Court’s censorship ruling lets Biden muzzle us online — and meddle in the election

On the eve of the first presidential debate of 2024, the Supreme Court preemptively gave President Biden and his minions an implicit license to meddle...

27.06.2024 20

New York Post

James Bovard

Hunter Biden verdict shatters family’s myth of legal invincibility, endangering Joe

This nation would be blessed to experience political recovery via one jury verdict – and, in November, the election result it may affect.

12.06.2024 20

New York Post

James Bovard

Biden’s deepfake dodge to keep Hur interview secret reveals his war on truth

The DOJ told a federal judge that accurate, authentic audiotapes of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur should not be...

04.06.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

Fauci’s FOIA follies show ‘transparency’ in Washington has always been a fraud

Republican congressional investigators are exposing brazen COVID cover-ups by the National Institutes for Health and top aides to Anthony Fauci.

30.05.2024 40

New York Post

James Bovard

Joe Biden claims he has ‘executive privilege’ against anyone finding out just how addled he is

The Biden White House is proclaiming a new prerogative for presidents: They may suppress any evidence of their unfitness for office.

17.05.2024 80

New York Post

James Bovard

Biden takes another victory lap on inflation that Americans won’t buy

On Wednesday, the latest Consumer Price Index report showed that inflation slowed slightly in April but prices continued to rise nearly 4% for the...

16.05.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

Biden vexes commoners with yet another election money grab

Much of Westchester County was locked down Thursday thanks to President Biden and his vast entourage descending on Irvington for a fundraiser...

26.04.2024 90

New York Post

James Bovard

Biden and the great Sheetz shakedown — another crazy example of ‘social justice’ run amok

The Biden administration believes it should be a federal crime to refuse to hire ex-convicts.

23.04.2024 50

New York Post

James Bovard

Biden pays the price for causing runaway inflation as Americans are buried in bills

Democrats fear the inflation rate could soon be higher than President Biden’s approval rating.

11.04.2024 80

New York Post

James Bovard

Congress puts more nails in the constitutional coffin as it’s set to renew FISA

Promising reforms is the easiest way to perpetuate abuses in Washington.

09.04.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

Tears for Congress? DC throws a pity party, claiming members need a raise

Congress’ public approval recently fell to a record-low 12%, but the real problem, according to The Washington Post, is members of the House of...

04.04.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

Will federal censorship be the pandemic’s biggest legacy?

Will a federal entitlement to censor be the most shocking legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic?

20.03.2024 20

New York Post

James Bovard

Joe Biden is once again taking a ‘wrecking ball’ to America’s housing market

Joe Biden is wrecking the housing market by ditching things such as proper title insurance.

16.03.2024 200

New York Post

James Bovard

Dems turn Biden-documents hearing into 3 Stooges theater

Special Counsel Robert Hur was in the hot seat for four hours Tuesday as President Biden’s congressional allies sought to destroy him for doubting...

13.03.2024 70

New York Post

James Bovard

Joe Biden’s State of the Union ‘shrinkflation’ swindle

President Biden is expected to vigorously denounce “corporate greed” in Thursday’s State of the Union address.

07.03.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

Shed a tear for America’s rapidly vanishing freedoms

“Is the best of the free life behind us now?” Merle Haggard asked in a haunting 1982 country music hit song.

02.03.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

Will student-debt racketeering save Biden in November?

President Biden announced Tuesday he will personally cancel $1.2 billion in federal student debt for 153,000 borrowers.

23.02.2024 100

New York Post

James Bovard

How Joe Biden can save his old-man image

After Thursday’s special-counsel report tagged the president as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” Joe Biden needs all the help he can get.

12.02.2024 20

New York Post

James Bovard

Biden is not fit for president if he’s not fit to prosecute

President Biden is not guilty because he is hopelessly clueless about his own life and career.

09.02.2024 300

New York Post

James Bovard

Cancun Ted Cruz wants to make politicians a privileged caste at airports

Ted Cruz is pushing an amendment to compel it to treat members of Congress like royalty and protect them from riffraff at airports.

06.02.2024 20

New York Post

James Bovard

Biden speaks of ‘hell’ at the National Prayer Breakfast — his speech certainly was

It’s one of Washington’s most hypocritical rituals, where politicians gather to silently pray that the Lord will destroy all their enemies — or...

02.02.2024 30

New York Post

James Bovard

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