The biggest shocker in this interview was Scott’s revelation that he became radicalized in 1997 by listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show. Considering how Scott’s superb work making Antiwar.com and the Libertarian Institute influential around the globe, this requires re-thinking Limbaugh’s legacy. Scott and I recapped the story of the FBI’s role in the 1993 […]
Tag Archives | censorship
N.Y. Post: How the feds spend $74M a year to Censor Americans
New York Post, March 3, 2023 How the feds spend $74M a year to try to censor Americans by James Bovard Have you ever tweeted about Russia? You could be tarred as an “unwitting proliferator of Russian narratives” by US government scorekeepers. Do you support the French “yellow vest” anti-lockdown protests? You are “Russia-aligned,” according […]
New York Post: Davos Summit Clear and Present Danger to Freedom
New York Post, January 19, 2023 Elite ‘extraterrestrials’ plot in Davos to take away your freedom By James Bovard If you expect billionaires and political weasels to save the Earth, then you’ll love the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland. The Swiss government assigned up to 5,000 Swiss troops to protect its attendees — except […]
Brownstone Institute 2023 Fellow
I will be one of the Brownstone Institute’s 2023 Fellows. The Brownstone Institute is “generating new ideas in public health, philosophy, science, and economics to enlighten and mobilize public life in defending and promoting liberty critical for an enlightened society where everyone benefits.” As its mission statement declares, Brownstone’s purpose is “to point the way […]
FBI COINTELPRO Is Back, And Worse Than Ever
Libertarian Institute, December 27, 2022 FBI COINTELPRO Is Back, And Worse Than Ever by Jim Bovard Elon Musk has opened the floodgates to expose the FBI’s latest war on Americans’ freedom of speech. The FBI massively intervened to pressure Twitter to suppress accounts and tweets from individuals the FBI disapproved of, including parody accounts. The […]
Bashing the Omnibus Boondoggle Bonanza on Florida Radio
David Gornoski and I had fun today thrashing the Omnibus Boondoggle Bonanza on his “Neighbor’s Choice” radio program on NewsTalk Florida WHBO Tampa Bay. The Senate passed the bill without reading it and the House is a down deal, pratfall guaranteed. We will be learning in the coming weeks about the specific outrages and boondoggles […]
Bashing Federal Censorship and Ballot-rigging on Chicago Radio
Dan Proft and I had fun smacking around federal censors on his Chicago Morning Answer AM560 Radio Show this morn. Sad to see how quickly the standards for reliable elections have fallen in this nation. And we still have Biden yelping about “Jim Crow 2.0.” Interview spurred by my New York Post piece, “Twitter Files […]