Trump Pulls Plug on Hunger Hucksters by James Bovard The Trump administration is ending one of the biggest statistical scams in Washington. For thirty years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued an annual “food security” report that politicians used to fabricate an illusion of mass hunger. USDA announced that it is canceling that […]
Counterpunch, September 18, 2025 Trump Cannot Stop the Collapse of the Epstein Coverup by James Bovard, A drawing from 2003 Epstein 50th Birthday Book, released by the House Oversight Committee, September 2025. Author of drawing not identified. This sketch vivifies how Epstein’s crowd all knew what he was doing. On July 7, the Justice Department […]
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, […]
How Much Free Speech Will Trump Destroy? Counterpunch, August 22, 2025 “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s insight could be the Rosetta Stone for understanding the Trump […]
Another Federal War on Free Speech by James Bovard “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s insight could be the Rosetta Stone for understanding the Trump administration’s zealotry […]
Jacob Hornberger, Richard Ebeling, and I had fun thrashing out the Jeffrey Epstein scandal on the FFF podcast. Will a coverup save the reputation of Donald Trump? Or will the coverup unraveling ravage his presidency? This continues to be a glorious time for cynics. "Trump has sprinkled his holy water on the official storyline on […]
Alan Mosley and I had fun smacking around Congress and other rascals on his It’s Too Late show. We also had some zingers on how the Jeffrey Epstein controversy is tarnishing the majesty of politicians far and wide. These are great times for cynics and Alan and I made the most of that. Here’s the […]
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