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Waco, Epstein, and Washington’s War on Truth

Reposted on ZERO HEDGE,  Eurasia, QOSHE, BeforeItsNews, ThePatriotLight, Burning Platform, OneNewsPage, Waco, Epstein, and Washington’s War on Truth  by James Bovard, Counterpunch   July 25, 2025 Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email How many atrocities can the federal government get away with?   Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to deliver in 1995.  […]

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Waco and the Death of Congressional Oversight

Waco and the Death of Congressional Oversight by James Bovard, July 22, 2025 How many atrocities can the federal government get away with? Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to deliver in 1995. Thirty summers ago, Washington was fixated by a Capitol Hill showdown over the greatest federal abuse of power […]

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My 46 Years Contempt of Congress

  My 46 Years of Contempt of Congress 07/15/2025 • Mises Wire • by James Bovard “Those bastards didn’t send back my article! Now I have to re-type the whole piece before I can submit it somewhere else!” I growled standing by the apartment cluster mailbox on a sultry afternoon of July 3, 1979. “Did […]

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1995: My Mini-Musk Strikeout Fighting Government Waste

1995: When I Testified Before the Train Wreck Known as Congress by James Bovard President Trump hosted Elon Musk for a farewell press conference on Friday. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team savvily exposed federal follies and spurred over $100 billion in canceled federal contracts and cutbacks. It remains to be seen […]

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We Never Got to Torture Congress

We Never Got to Torture Congress by James Bovard, May 26, 2025 Folks who believe the current political atmosphere is uniquely hateful have forgotten the boundless vitriol prevailing a few decades ago. During the George W. Bush administration, Republicans relied on push-button rage to suppress all criticism of the war on terror. After I appeared […]

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Political Slavery in Our Times

Political Slavery in Our Times by James Bovard In 1977, East Germany ransomed hundreds of its leading intellectuals and artists to West Germany, partly because it did not wish to endure public criticism by its own citizens during an International Rights Conference. In spite of the human sale, there was no general revulsion against the […]

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