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We are now struggling to emerge from the wreckage of a constitutional republic, transformed into a kleptocracy (government by thieves), collapsing...
Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own...
In Trump’s America, the bar for martial law is no longer constitutional—it’s personal. What is unfolding right now in California—with hundreds...
Call it what it is: a panopticon presidency. President Trump’s plan to fuse government power with private surveillance tech to build...
A $5 million gold card. A reality show for migrants. A birthright under assault. Let us be very clear: the Trump Administration does not want...
Few modern political figures have done more to prompt spontaneous national discussions about the Bill of Rights and constitutional limits on...
“Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of...
“When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with...
“Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country is a ‘Bill of Temporary...
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we...