IS COVER-UP OF EPSTEIN’S FINANCIAL CRIMES FINALLY COLLAPSING? By James Bovard In 2025, the Justice Department declared that billionaire Jeffrey “Epstein harmed over one thousand victims” – mostly young females, many of them underage. But a dozen years before his suspicious death in a New York prison cell, Epstein “was granted immunity from federal charges, […]
New York Post, May 31, 2023 Get them rewrite! Debt-ceiling deal fails to fix DC by James Bovard The biggest peril of the Biden-McCarthy budget deal is spawning the illusion federal spending is under control. Both President Joe Biden and Republican congressional leaders can claim victory and lull Americans into believing rising national debt is […]
New York Post, March 10, 2023 Democrats Champion Censorship and smear Twitter files heroes by James Bovard The House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing Thursday on the Twitter Files, which are exposing pervasive federal browbeating to suppress free speech. Congressional Democrats championed the National Lampoon definition of censorship: Unless […]
Biden’s Bloated IRS Will Skewer Taxpayers by James Bovard The Internal Revenue Service is perhaps the ultimate sacred cow in Washington. It is the “goose that lays the golden eggs” for the city’s power and prestige, delivering trillions of dollars to politicians to work miracles (or at least get reelected). When criticism erupted over the […]
New York Post, August 29, 2022 The establishment’s IRS whitewashing will leave more taxpayers in the lurch By James Bovard The Internal Revenue Service is perhaps Washington’s ultimate sacred cow. It is the “goose that lays the golden eggs” for the city’s power and prestige, delivering trillions of dollars to allow politicians to work miracles […]
Libertarian Institute, June 6, 2022 ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban: First Step on the Road to Tyranny by Jim Bovard President Joe Biden is seeking to revive his presidency by demolishing the Second Amendment. In a televised address last Thursday, Biden called for a ban on assault weapons, which he portrayed as the epitome of evil. Vice […]
American Institute for Economic Research, July 31, 2021 Will More Media Bias Save Democracy? James Bovard The Washington Post’s media columnist is summoning saviors because “our democracy is under attack.” Margaret Sullivan wants Washington journalists to adopt a “pro-democracy” frame and “start being patriotic.” Reporters should cease focusing on “winners and losers” in political skirmishes […]
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956):
“Nobody ever went
R R Schoettker
The utter impotent uselessness of the US congress
Texas Dan
If Waco didn't wake you up, nothing would/wil
R R Schoettker
The US congress ceased fulfilling its constitution
