The “Freedom From Fear” Ticket for Tyranny by James Bovard | Oct 23, 2024 The Democratic Party is championing presidential candidate Kamala Harris as a born-again champion of freedom. Earlier this year, Democrats shifted their focus from democracy to freedom, convinced that the latter word would enthrall voters on Election Day. Providing “freedom from fear” […]
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‘Trump-Washing’ U.S. History Endangers Our Freedom
‘Trump-Washing’ U.S. History Endangers Our Freedom by James Bovard, October 1, 2024 Kamala Harris seeks to capture the White House with a message built on vaporous “positive vibes” and “joy.” The Harris campaign is bolstering that message by portraying Donald Trump as a deadly peril to democracy unprecedented in American history. The former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), […]
Will Censorship Steal the 2024 Election?
Here’s an outtake from my New York Post YouTube video spurred by last week’s article – Is disinformation becoming simply another stick for rulers to use to flog citizens with? Politicians denouncing disinformation sounds better than proclaiming, ‘Shut up, peasants! But if politicians have no obligation to disclose how they use their power and can […]
Hillary Clinton’s Sordid History of Secrecy and Censorship
Hillary Clinton’s Sordid History of Secrecy and Censorship by James Bovard, September 23, 2024 Libertarian Institute “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 championing his wife’s presidential candidacy. But Hillary’s entry into the brawls […]
N.Y. Post: Hillary Clinton, queen of disinformation, issues two-faced call for censorship
New York Post, September 18, 2024 Hillary Clinton, queen of disinformation, issues two-faced call for censorship by James Bovard Amidst all the shocks of the 2024 presidential race, who expected Hillary Clinton to ride in like Joan of Arc to rescue truth — or at least to call for the crushing of government critics? On […]
Talking Last Rights and Thumping Politicians on the Leighton Smith Podcast
Leighton Smith, a legendary radio host who now does the top podcast in New Zealand, and I had a rowdy 90 minute chat on American politics and lost freedoms this week. Leighton describes himself as a libertarian conservative and he has long followed political battles both in his country and in the U.S. It is […]
N.Y. Post: Biden – “Vote for Me or the Constitution Dies”
New York Post, July 3, 2024 Biden’s Supreme Court outburst revealed the falsehoods at the heart of his presidency by James Bovard “Vote for me or the Constitution dies” is President Biden’s latest pitch to revive his faltering re-election campaign. In four minutes of remarks Monday evening, he condemned a Supreme Court decision while signaling […]