Police Have the Right to Lie and Slander by James Bovard To serve and protect, police are allowed to slander and destroy. Cops in many states and localities have acquired the right to lie about their shootings, searches, and practically anything else. Police have routinely planted drugs, guns, and other evidence to incriminate innocent people, […]
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N.Y. Post: Fauci’s returning to Congress — will he continue his COVID coverup?
New York Post, January 5, 2024 Fauci’s returning to Congress — will he continue his COVID coverup? James Bovard “It’s been proven that when you make it difficult for people in their lives, they lose their ideological bulls – – t, and they get vaccinated.” So declared COVID superstar Anthony Fauci in 2021, championing government […]
Beltway BS on “Speaking Truth to Power”
Future of Freedom Foundation Beltway Baloney on “Speaking Truth to Power” by James Bovard Lying and piety go together in Washington like ham and eggs. After 9/11, a profusion of government falsehoods on Iraq and other topics ravaged official credibility. The political class responded with an endless profusion of promises to “speak truth to power.” […]
James Comey and the Bush Torture Scandal
Future of Freedom Foundation James Comey and the Unending Bush Torture Scandal by James Bovard The vast regime of torture created by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks continues to haunt America. The political class and most of the media have never dealt honestly with the profound constitutional corruption that such practices inflicted. Instead, […]
USA TODAY: Gina Haspel “Speaks Truth to Power”? Real Truth-Tellers Go to Jail
USA TODAY, May 16, 2018 Spare me claims Gina Haspel will ‘speak truth to power’. Real truth-tellers go to jail. by James Bovard Gina Haspel and other intelligence leaders all have shady pasts but real truth-tellers get disgraced. In the Senate Intelligence Committee secret vote today on whether to confirm Trump nominee Gina Haspel as chief of […]
Janet “Rent-a-Tank” Reno Dies
Former Attorney General Janet Reno died yesterday. The Washington press corps made her a saint after she sent in the tanks against the Branch Davidians on April 19, 1993. Her aura of sainthood continued for the rest of her career, regardless of the brazen scandals and abuses the Justice Department and FBI committed during her […]