Trump Freezes Foreign Aid Frauds by James Bovard, Libertarian Institute January 29, 2025 The Trump administration suspended top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this week. The move, labeled a “Monday afternoon massacre,” was spurred by allegations that top USAID officials were circumventing President Trump’s ninety day freeze on foreign aid disbursements. […]
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Why Trump Routed the D.C. Establishment, Again
Why Trump Routed the D.C. Establishment, Again 11/07/2024 • Mises Wire • James Bovard After the media complained nonstop for months about Donald Trump offering a dark message on the presidential campaign trail, a New York Times headline bewailed his election victory on Wednesday morning: “America Hires a Strongman.” So anyone who cast a ballot […]
Do I Look Like a Russian Propagandist?
Do I Look Like a Russian Propagandist? James Bovard , American Conservative Oct 31, 2024 5:00 PM Getting online Thursday morning, I did the usual Google vanity search. I was mystified to see a link for a hit piece by the Atlantic Council, a top DC think tank funded by the U.S. State Department, foreign […]
Fox News: McDonald’s controversy shows media’s ‘You deserve a break today’ approach to Kamala
FOXNEWS.COM, October 24, 2024 McDonald’s controversy shows media’s ‘You deserve a break today’ approach to Kamala by James Bovard Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are sparring over whether Harris ever worked at a McDonald’s restaurant during her college years. This dispute reveals the standard of proof the media will henceforth use if Harris wins […]
The Democrats’ Three-Decade War on Honest Voting
American Conservative, October 20, 2024 The Democrats’ Three-Decade War on Honest Voting When did preventing election fraud become a violation of the Voting Rights Act? by James Bovard According to President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, it is now a federal crime to prevent illegal ballots in presidential elections. Barely 30 days before the 2024 election, […]
Guilty But Clueless: Special Counsel Verdict On Biden
Guilty But Clueless: Special Counsel Verdict On Biden by James Bovard, February 12 2024 Did a Special Counsel report officially launch the Biden administration Death Spiral? President Joe Biden is not guilty because he is hopelessly clueless about his own life and career. That is the tacit verdict of Special Counsel Robert Hur, who concluded […]
Daniel Ellsberg’s Courageous Work Remains Unfinished
Daniel Ellsberg’s Courageous Work Remains Unfinished by Jim Bovard | Jun 19, 2023 What if truth doesn’t out until a million corpses too late? Daniel Ellsberg, one of the most heroic truth-tellers of our era, passed away on Friday at the age of 92. He risked life in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers during […]