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Inalienable Rights in an Age of Tyranny: The Government Is Playing God

We are now struggling to emerge from the wreckage of a constitutional republic, transformed into a kleptocracy (government by thieves), collapsing...

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The Real National Emergency: Endless Wars, Failing Infrastructure, and a Dying Republic

Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own...

19.06.2025 2

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The Spectacle of a Police State: This Is Martial Law Without a Formal Declaration of War 

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...

11.06.2025 10

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Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison 

Call it what it is: a panopticon presidency. President Trump’s plan to fuse government power with private surveillance tech to build...

04.06.2025 30

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They’re Coming for Your Birthright: Citizenship as Spectacle, Transaction, or Privilege

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...

22.05.2025 9

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Trump Is Making America Constitutionally Literate—By Violating the Constitution 

Few modern political figures have done more to prompt spontaneous national discussions about the Bill of Rights and constitutional limits on...

15.05.2025 9

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A Constitutional Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Survive This Presidency?

“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...

14.02.2025 10

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What If Jesus Had Been Born into the American Police State?

“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...

25.12.2024 10

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When Rights Become Privileges: Is the Constitution Becoming Optional?

“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...

11.12.2024 5

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Divide and Conquer: Political Riptides Threaten to Overwhelm the Nation

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we...

28.11.2024 4

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John W. Whitehead – Nisha Whitehead