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How the FBI Crippled Democracy in 2016 and Beyond

How the FBI Crippled Democracy in 2016 and Beyond by James Bovard   In last month’s Future of Freedom article, I explained how the 2016 presidential election made “post-truth” become the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year. Americans felt forced to choose between two candidates that most voters despised. The political system’s credibility plummeted […]

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2016: The Year American Democracy Became “Post-Truth”

2016: The Year American Democracy Became “Post-Truth”by James Bovard Was the 2016 election a turning point for American democracy? Did political shenanigans and the election destroy so much credibility and legitimacy that the system will never fully recover?   In 2016, ignorant voters were reviled like never before. However, the entire political-media system floundered badly. […]

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Can Patel Leash the FBI?

Can Patel Leash the FBI? by James Bovard, American Institute for Economic Research, January 31, 2025 The FBI has long been considered the most powerful and the most incorrigible federal domestic agency. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau. Can Patel, the author […]

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Hillary Clinton Returns to Muzzle Everyone

September 25, 2024 Hillary Clinton Returns to Muzzle Everyone   James Bovard Why should Americans trust anyone who believes Orwell’s 1984 was an ode to servility? “You could drop Hillary  into any trouble spot, come back in a month and… she will have made it better,” former president Bill Clinton declared in a 2016 speech […]

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Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me

Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me by James Bovard, August 5, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is not missing any chance to condemn Republicans for threatening to censor libraries and school textbooks. But she is overlooking the heavy-handed record of her chief spokesperson, Brian Fallon. Unfortunately, a recent Supreme Court decision opens the […]

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