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Washington Think Tanks Betrayed America During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, Washington think tanks championed vaccine mandates, lockdowns, and a heap of other bogus repressive remedies. Have enough Americans learned to distrust Washington experts? from my Corbett Report interview at https://corbettreport.com/think-tanks-stink-tanks/ Transcript: BOVARD: Some of the think tanks have been very active pushing for censorship in Europe and elsewhere, and they were mostly […]

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Landmarks on the Road to Covid Tyranny

Landmarks on the Road to Covid Tyranny By James Bovard   February 21, 2023   History, Law Many Americans were appalled at the oppressive decrees issued by politicians and government officials during the Covid pandemic. But there were plenty of post-9/11 precedents that paved the way for recent abuses. Authoritarian Covid policies were shocking but […]

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New York Post: Liberals Learned Nothing in 2022

New York Post, December 30, 2022 Liberals have learned nothing in the Biden era By James Bovard Though 2022 was a feast for cynics, The Washington Post is confident that next year will be much happier — at least for Democrats. The DC newspaper this week published a piece called “15 Reasons You Should be […]

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Lockdowns Wrecked Democracy Around the World

American Institute for Economic Research, March 10, 2021 Lockdowns Wrecked Democracy around the World James Bovard While the number of fatalities attributed to Covid-19 is carefully tracked by governments, few people have recognized how pandemic-spurred crackdowns have devastated democracy around the world. Emergency proclamations have entitled presidents and other government officials to seize vast new […]

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Covid and Constitutional Roadkill

American Institute for Economic Research, November 3, 2020 Covid and Constitutional RoadKill James Bovard Is the U.S. Constitution the biggest roadkill on the 2020 campaign trail? Is faith in “American exceptionalism” blinding people to a death spiral of American democracy? According to much of the media, this is a single-issue election: “It’s the pandemic, stupid,” […]

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