Secrecy and the Divine Right to Deceive by James Bovard Secrecy and lying are two sides of the same political coin. The Supreme Court declared in 1936, “An informed public is the most potent of all restraints upon misgovernment.” Thus, conniving politicians have no choice but to drop an Iron Curtain around Washington. Politicians guarantee […]
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Supreme Court Unleashes Censors and Betrays Democracy
Supreme Court Unleashes Censors and Betrays Democracy by James Bovard On the eve of the first presidential candidate debate, the Supreme Court gave a huge boost to Joe Biden to help him “fix” the 2024 election with maybe its worst decision of the year. It remains to be seen whether the court’s refusal to stop […]
Politicians Will Always Be Damn Rascals
Politicians Will Always Be Damn Rascals by James Bovard, June 10, 2024 Former President Donald Trump was recently convicted by a New York jury after prosecutors claimed he was guilty of “hoodwinking” voters in the 2016 election by paying to cover up his boinking of a beefy porn star. Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg proclaimed that […]
Assange Wins Delay, but ‘Punishment by Process’ Continues
American Conservative, May 22, 2024 Assange Wins Delay, but ‘Punishment by Process’ Continues by James Bovard The good news is that Julian Assange’s lawyers blocked his extradition to the United States, where he would face a kangaroo court hearing and life in prison. The bad news is that Assange remains locked up in Britain’s Belmarsh […]
N.Y. Post: How Joe Biden can save his old-man image
New York Post, February 11, 2024 How Joe Biden can save his old-man image By James Bovard After Thursday’s special-counsel report tagged the president as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” Joe Biden needs all the help he can get. The Post came to his rescue Saturday with a celebrity stylist’s tips on how […]
Truth is the Biggest Threat to DC ‘Democracy’
Libertarian Institute, December 18, 2023 Truth is the Biggest Threat to DC ‘Democracy’ by Jim Bovard In Washington, truth is reckoned as the greatest enemy of democracy. Hard facts are deadly threats to a president’s prerogative to define reality and impose “the will of the people.” Early this year, Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air […]
N.Y. Post: Washington Post does Biden’s bidding, trying to wave away Hunter’s corruption
New York Post, November 21, 2023 Washington Post does Biden’s bidding, trying to wave away Hunter’s corruption by James Bovard Kleenex sales may have shattered records in the DC metropolitan area this weekend thanks to The Washington Post’s nearly 5,000-word pity party for Hunter Biden. The Post revealed that “Hunter’s relationship with his own last […]
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