Obama had far worse economic policies than most Americans recall, beating the bushes to sway more Americans to take federal handouts. His civil liberties policies were also dreadful. Hat tip to Muriel for the great question after my speech that spurred my riff on dodging border guards and sub-machine guns in the East Bloc in […]
After the 9/11 attacks, Congress rushed to enact the Patriot Act, vastly expanding federal surveillance of American citizens. The Patriot Act Pandora’s Box has unleashed far more attacks on Americans’ privacy, rights, and liberties than the feds have admitted.
Video spurred by my Mises Institute article here
FBI Boss Robert Mueller Conned America to Ravage Our Rights by James Bovard Former FBI director Robert Mueller was a twenty-first century version of J. Edgar Hoover, trampling the Constitution and seizing new power on any pretext. When Mueller died in March, the New York Times eulogized him as a “button-down, lockjawed, rock-ribbed exemplar of […]
Update: Almost 50,000 views for this video on Twitter/X On June 30, 1995, I helped shatter the coverup of federal killings at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. I got hold of a 542 page confidential Justice Department and wrote a Wall Street Journal piece exposing the official lies on the FBI killing of Vicki Weaver as she […]
Consenting to Endless Coercion by James Bovard Presidents perennially claim that they possess their power thanks to “the consent of the governed.” This phrase, a signature line of the Declaration of Independence, has echoed in official declarations ever since Jefferson’s time. President Harry Truman assured Congress in 1952, “No government can be invested with a […]
Only thing this pro-war video is missing is a cameo of Kristi Noem shooting a puppy https://t.co/B2gmjd7X7z— James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 6, 2026 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing: Reagan-appointed military commission blamed the disaster in part on Marine guards being prohibited from carrying loaded weapons to stop attackers. https://t.co/ZzdK0XL6TC— James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 6, 2026 Hoopla […]
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“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
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