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How the Feds Destroyed Equality for D.E.I.

The ‘Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’ Is Anything But… by Jim Bovard | Mar 17, 2025 One of President Donald Trump’s most popular reforms is his executive order abolishing federal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) dictates and their efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.” Trump’s order outraged […]

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Counterpunch Version: Trump’s “Always Be Free” Fairy Tale

[[Key addition:  Anyone who blindly believes Americans will “always be free” is halfway to serfdom. March 12, 2025 Trump’s “Always Be Free” Fairy Tale James Bovard Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email In his State of the Union address last week, President Donald Trump promised that Americans “will always be free.”    That throwaway line assured another […]

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Five Years Later, We Remember How Politicians Unleashed Covid Tyranny

Reposted on Zero Hedge (60k+ viewers, 850+ comments), Ron Paul Institute, Planet-Today.Com, Infowars, Vigilant Fox, One News Page, Burning Platform,   Five Years Later, We Remember How Politicians Unleashed Covid Tyranny by James Bovard, March 11, 2025   Five years ago, politicians and bureaucrats went berserk and pointlessly ravaged Americans’ freedom. The Covid-19 pandemic provided […]

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Trump’s “Always Be Free” Fairy Tale

No, Donald Trump, America Was Not ‘Always Free’ by James Bovard, March 10, 2025 In his State of the Union address last week, President Donald Trump promised that Americans “will always be free.” That throwaway line assured another round of applause from his Republican devotees on Capitol Hill. But will other Americans be as gullible […]

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Power of the Pen Bush Signing Statements (2006)

Power of the Pen The president uses signing statements to decree which laws apply to him. James Bovard , American Conservative July 17, 2006 For generations, Republican politicians have spoken reverently of the rule of law. But since 2001, this hoary doctrine has been redefined to mean little more than the enforcement of the secret […]

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Bidenflation Torpedoed Biden-Harris

Bidenflation Torpedoed Biden-Harris by James Bovard, FFF February 2025 High inflation spurred Donald Trump’s defeat of Kamala Harris last November. The economy was the top issue for most voters, and inflation was the top economic issue. As Biden’s partner in economic crime, Harris could not escape the blame for the torpedoing of the dollar’s value […]

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Can Kennedy Save Kids from Psychiatric Ravage?

Brownstone Institute, February 22, 2025 Can Kennedy Save Kids from Psychiatric Ravage? by James Bovard President Trump issued an executive order last week creating a Make America Healthy Again Commission, to be chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Among other targets, the commission will examine “prevalence of and threat posed […]

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