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The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws
The government wants us to believe that we have nothing to fear from its mass spying programs as long as we’ve done nothing wrong. Don’t believe it. It doesn’t matter whether you obey every law. The government’s definition of a “bad” guy is extraordinarily broad, and...
Stop Drinking the Political Kool-Aid, America: Voting Will Not Save Us
We are one year out from the 2024 presidential election and as usual, the American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new president in the White House can solve the problems that plague us. Yet what is being staged is not an election. It’s a con game, a scam,...
Fiscal 2023 Federal Budget Deficit Third-Largest Ever
It takes a lot of money to run the biggest government in the history of the world. The federal government ran a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023. It was the third-largest deficit in U.S. history. The only time the feds ran bigger deficits was during the...
Patriot Act at 22: We can only be Truly Safe when We’re Free
22 years ago – on Oct 26, 2001 – the Patriot Act was signed into law. As John Whitehead wrote, “we’re still grappling with the blowback that arises from allowing one’s freedoms to be eviscerated in exchange for the phantom promise of security.” It’s hard...