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No Vaccination against Unlimited Political Power

No Vaccination against Unlimited Political Power by James Bovard, May 18, 2025 Late in the last century, theater goers were jolted when a character in the X-Files movie declared that the Federal Emergency Management Agency can allow “the White House to suspend constitutional government upon declaration of a national emergency.” If the same line was […]

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Political Slavery in the COVID Era

Political Slavery in the COVID Era by James Bovard, May 12, 2025 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 […]

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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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IMF and World Bank: Crony Covid Crackdown Enablers

IMF and World Bank: Crony Covid Crackdown Enablers By James Bovard   April 30, 2025 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained last week that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are suffering from “mission creep.” But Bessent announced that Trump will be “doubling down” on supporting the largest foreign aid gushers on earth. “Far […]

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A Covid Vaccine Reckoning Under Trump?

A Covid Vaccine Reckoning Under Trump? by James Bovard, March 31, 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. forced Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, to resign on Friday. Good Washingtonians were horrified, especially since Marks had played a key role in enabling federal dictates during the COVID pandemic. […]

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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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