August 30, 2018


CA becomes first state to eliminate bail for suspects awaiting trial

fromABC30: When they got rid of attorney-client privilege, no one cared because it was just Michael Cohen. Will anyone now care that the presumption of innocence is headed toward the shit can.
Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process        The Government is Not Us

3D gun proponent Cody Wilson defiant, offers firearm blueprints for sale

fromBitcoin.com: In an exclusive interview with Matt Aaron of the Bitcoin.com Podcast Network, Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed explains how he planned all along to defy US lawmakers.
2nd Amendment Assaults

VIDEO: Mark Penn, Tucker Carlson - Big Tech, Big Brother

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Remember this: When liberals do the right thing morally, they often injure themselves politically. They did this weekend.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make

Walter E Williams: Immigrants and Disease

fromCreators: The Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that all immigrants and refugees undergo a medical screening examination to determine whether they have an inadmissible health condition.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Why the liberal dilemma leads to a Democratic demise

fromTownhall: Remember this: When liberals do the right thing morally, they often injure themselves politically. They did this weekend.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Warrior cops endanger our lives and freedoms

fromTownhall: "My beef is with the growing squads of warrior cops who have been given the green light to kill, shoot, taser, abuse and steal from American citizens in the so-called name of law and order."
Police State America

August 27, 2018


Why you should have sympathy for Paul Manafort (even if you don't)

fromTownhall: "Since everyone is a lawbreaker, it then comes down to who to make an example of. And who better for overzealous lefty prosecutors to make examples of than former or current Trump associate."
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Feds scramble as Vegas shooter’s girlfriend reportedly listed FBI as place of employment

fromFreeThoughtProject: A bombshell revelation appears show that the Vegas shooter's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, may have been an asset of the FBI.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Robot-made burgers wow the crowds in San Francisco

fromNPR: Finally, increasing the minimum wage reaps a positive effect.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

VIDEO: Rick Harrison - The Virtues of Capitalism

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: From Life, Liberty and Levin, Rick Harrison (Pawn Stars) joins Mark to discuss the challenges of business, the lesson of socialism, the virtues of capitalism and more.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

Trump accuses FBI of ignoring Clinton's emails: 'I may have to get involved'

fromWashingtonExaminer: “Big story out that the FBI ignored tens of thousands of Crooked Hillary Emails, many of which are REALLY BAD. I feel sure that we will soon be getting to the bottom of all of this corruption".
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Libertarian just gonna kick back and enjoy watching faith in government institutions crumble

fromWashingtonExaminer: “The right is attacking the FBI and CIA, the left is attacking the president—this truly is the best timeline,” he said, misty-eyed.
The Government is Not Us

August 25, 2018


52.1% of kids live in households getting means-tested government assistance

fromCNSNews: Will they be called The Welfare Generation? Today,  growing up in a country where the majority of their peers live in households that take "means-tested assistance" from the government.
The Welfare State: Promoting Dependency

Let there be light bulbs! Trump looks to flip switch on Obama

fromWND: An Obama administration decision to ban incandescent light bulbs was based on a misunderstanding of the law, according to DOE, meaning those faithful products that had been in use for a century may be returning.
Regulation Nation

The United States' perpetual war in Afghanistan

fromForeignAffairs: Why long wars no longer generate a backlash at home.
Defense Versus The War Machine

VIDEO: Tucker Carlson - South Africa's Racist Land Grab

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Nearly 30 years after Apartheid, South Africa returns to racist policies, confiscating the land of whites without compensation. So far, the U.S. government has no problem with this.
The Government is Not Us

Why Cohen and the rest take whatever plea deal they can

fromArmstrongEconomics: 97 percent of ALL federal convictions plead to whatever the prosecutor tells them to say. If not, you go to prison for most of your life. In the 1970s, the conviction rate was 72%. Today, it is 98.7%.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption       Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process

Battlefield America: The ongoing war on the American people

fromRutherfordInstitute: When you’re a prisoner in your own town, unable to move freely, kept off the streets, issued a curfew at night, there can be no mistaking the prison walls closing in.
The Government is Not Us       Police State America

August 23, 2018


Dear Democrats and Republicans, please keep tearing down your government

fromReason: Respect for the overall government is waning. Good, says J.D. Tuccille.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Inflation approaches 1 million percent. The minimum wage will rise 3,500%. This is today's Venezuela

fromLATimes: The nation’s currency — the bolivar — will be devalued, sales taxes increased and minimum wages hiked more than 3,500%, drastic adjustments that President Maduro said he hoped would jump-start the economy.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

Facebook has TRUST ratings for users – but it won’t tell you your score

fromTheSun: In Facebook's world, trust has to do with one's willingness to spread leftwing propaganda under the guise of culling "fake news".
Indoctrination and Censorship       Media Bias on Parade

Walter E Williams: Bad men, good presidents

fromCreators: With the continuing hysteria about Donald Trump's presidency, a few questions come to mind. 
The first: Can a bad man become a good president?
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

John Stossel: Social media trickery

fromCreators: YouTube just added an "information panel" to all my videos about climate change. We at Stossel TV do weekly videos on many controversial topics, but apparently YouTube thinks climate change is special.
Media Bias on Parade

California bill limits drinks offered in kids meals

fromBostonGlobe: More busybodies minding your own business. The bill restricts restaurants to offering only water and unflavored milk with kids meals.
Regulation Nation     Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

August 21, 2018


Los Angeles to use body scanners at transit hubs as New York tests them

fromBostonGlobe: Los Angeles’ transit agency said Tuesday that it would become the first in the nation to use body scanners to screen passengers entering stations.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make

VIDEO: The CIA Director Who Couldn't Be Trusted

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: A look at why John Brennan was stripped of his security clearance and the hysterical press coverage surrounding the event.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption        Media Bias on Parade

VIDEO: John Stossel on the Paris Climate Fraud

fromJohnStossel/YouTube: Los Angeles’ transit agency said Tuesday that it would become the first in the nation to use body scanners to screen passengers entering stations.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

John Brennan is no match for Trump

fromMoonofAlabama:Brennan is one of the most despicable former U.S. officials alive. There is no sound reason why anyone who does not work for the government, directly or indirectly, should have access to state secrets.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Sexual assault accusation against #MeToo hero Asia Argento relies on uncommon age of consent law

fromReason: An actress who helped take down Harvey Weinstein paid $380,000 to keep a 17-year-old quiet about their encounter.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

FBI dealt blow by DC judge; must address measures taken to verify Steele dossier

fromZeroHedge: Judge Amit Mehta - who in January sided with the FBI's decision to ignore the FOIA request, said that President Trump's release of two House Intelligence Committee documents changed everything.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

August 17, 2018


VIDEO: 21st Century Fascists - Trained to Hate

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: The new face of violent intolerant fascism is not coming from ISIS, it is coming from the Left. Laura Ingram, Tucker Carlson, Tammy Bruce, Mark Steyn, Heather MacDonald.
Indoctrination and Censorship     Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

VIDEO: Google, Twitter and Facebook - Platforms or Publishers?

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Social media companies receive special government protection from lawsuits because they are merely platforms, presenting an opportunity for free speech. But what if they are not?
Media Bias on Parade     Indoctrination and Censorship

The YouTube censoring of Stefan Molyneux

fromLibertarianNews: First, they came for Alex Jones ...
Indoctrination and Censorship     Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

San Francisco is spending $750,000 on a ‘poop patrol’

fromReason: Leftwing politics have made San Francisco into a shitty city. Literally. The city’s gotten more than 14,500 crap complaints since the start of the year.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery 

Omarosa ‘source’: There is NO Trump ‘N-word’ tape — period.

fromTheAmericanMirror: The media's newest anti-Trump hero has nothing but a bad attitude to attack the president. More hysterical nothing from the fake news gang.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Why the pledge of allegiance Is un-American

fromFEE: It is NOT "under God" that is the problem, it is "indivisible".
The Government is Not Us

August 15, 2018


Divide & conquer on full display as media devotes days of attention to 20 white nationalists in DC

fromTheFreeThoughtProject: For days, the mainstream media has been devoted to promoting the protest of 20 white nationalists in D.C. showing their relentless attempt to push divide on Americans.
Media Bias on Parade    Indoctrination and Censorship

Clinton Foundation tax return shows it's a scam

fromInformationClearingHouse: Hardly a shocker but less than 3 percent went to charity.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

How Google still tracks you even when “location history” is turned off

fromActivistPost: Android and iPhone users may be under the impression that Google is not tracking their location data if they’ve turned off “Location History” on their devices. Wrong. It's all there waiting for search warrant.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make

More than 100 newspapers will publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric

fromCNN: This makes Trump even more attractive as the bulk of the American public has a low opinion regarding the veracity of the mainstream media.
Media Bias on Parade

Ending police brutality starts with firing dangerous cops

fromHuffPost: We have to make it easier to fire dangerous cops, the ones who pose a threat to communities and to the profession.
Police State America

Los Angeles is first in US to install subway body scanners

fromAP: Signs will be posted at stations warning passengers of body scanner screening. The screening process is voluntary but customers who choose not to be screened won't be able to ride on the subway.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make

August 13, 2018


Gun control becomes speech control

fromCreators: The State Department, which viewed online publication of gun design software as tantamount to export, conceded that the very same information would be constitutionally protected in the form of a book.
Indoctrination and Censorship    2nd Amendment Assaults

43% of Republicans want to give Trump the power to shut down media

fromWashingtonPost: Many Republicans really don't support the Constitution. A plurality say they want Trump to have the power to take ‘bad’ media outlets out.
Indoctrination and Censorship

CNN panicking: warns of ‘unsettling’ signs Dems are losing Hispanic voters to Trump

fromWesternJournal: Hispanics are traditionally more aligned with Republican positions on being pro-family, pro-business, anti-crime and gangs and imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

If Americans can't agree to disagree, censorship won't stop until we are all silenced

fromTheFreeThoughtProject: Americans are begging to be censored by continuing to call for their political, religious, or societal adversaries to be silenced. We must agree to disagree before it's too late.
Indoctrination and Censorship

Walter E Williams: Enough's Enough

fromCreators: The weekend of Aug. 4-5, 12 Chicagoans were shot dead, and 62 others were wounded. Before last week's mayhem, 1,718 Chicagoans had been shot since the beginning of the year, and 306 had been murdered.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally made decision to ban Alex Jones

fromBreitbart: The situation was volatile enough that Mr. Zuckerberg got personally engaged, according to two people involved in Facebook’s handling of the accounts.
Indoctrination and Censorship

August 9, 2018


The unbelievable rise of single motherhood in America over the last 50 years

fromWashingtonPost: Research has also begun to confirm fears that children of unmarried moms face more obstacles in life. They're far more likely to live in poverty than children of married parents.
The Welfare State: Promoting Dependency

The Justice Department didn't charge him with a crime. It's going to take $39,000 from him anyway.

fromFoxNews: And why did the government take his rightful property? Because they can.
Police State America

Are tech giants working together to censor conservatives?

fromTheGatewayPundit: Apple, YouTube and Facebook BAN Infowars on the same day.
Indoctrination and Censorship     Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

VIDEO: The Paul Manafort Trial - Prosecution or Persecution?

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: From Tucker Carlson Tonight, is the FBI being deployed as tool of political persecution or to simply serve the cause of justice? Alan Dershowitz and Joe DiGenova weigh in.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Lawmaker proposes implanting microchips in people to track non-violent offenders like “pets”

fromFreeThoughtProject: A local councilman proposed the idea of implanting microchips in criminals on house arrest—even if they are nonviolent offenders.
Police State America

Barry Farber: Everyday realities of life under communism

fromWND: Barry offers examples of control progressives prefer to ignore.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market     Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

August 7, 2018


Kamala Harris is Martin Luther King's worst nightmare, choosing identity politics over individual liberty

fromFoxNews: A California politician advocates that people be judged as members of groups, not as individuals.
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle     Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

The ACLU appears to endorse a ban on catcalling, despite huge free speech concerns

fromReason: The ACLU has been proven to not give a damn about civil liberties unless it forwards a leftwing cause.
Indoctrination and Censorship            Individual Liberty: America's First Principle 

Walter E Williams: Colleges, a force for evil

fromCreators: The threat to our future lies in the fact that today's college students are tomorrow's teachers, professors, judges, attorneys, legislators and policymakers.
Indoctrination and Censorship      Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

US Senators to introduce a bill regulating e-liquid flavors

fromVapingPost: Busybodies minding YOUR own business. 
Regulation Nation

VIDEO: Thomas Sowell: Legacy of the Welfare State

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Thomas Sowell explains the damage done by the welfare state mechanism.
The Welfare State: Promoting Dependency

Senate Democrats are circulating plans for government takeover of the Internet

fromReason: The end game of the Russian hoax is taking shape.  Plus: Testing telemedicine abortion and 3D printed guns.
The Government is Not Us          Regulation Nation

August 6, 2018


Survey shows shocking percentage of Americans are unable to name a single First Amendment right

fromIJR: Of the more than 1,000 people surveyed in May and June of this year, only one person was able to name all five First Amendment rights. A whopping 40 percent, however, couldn't name any.
Individual Liberty: America's First Principle

Trump pumps the brakes on Obama-era fuel standards

fromReason: The administrations proposal will make cars more affordable and save lives.
Regulation Nation

Former federal state prosecutor worries about jury nullification In Manafort trial

fromNPR: Many statists worry the jury could see through their tyrannical strong-arm tactics and blatant political persecution and the judge isn't helping.
Justice is a Result, Not Just a Process

Feds spend $1.1 million creating apps for transwomen and gay teens with ‘hooking up simulations’

fromWashingtonFreeBeacon: Your tax dollars at work. You are now subsidizing T3, a "sex-positive" app targeting black men ages 14 to 17 who have sex with men.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery       The Government is Not Us

WATCH: Cop walks up to unarmed man, shoots him in the face then plants a weapon on him

fromFreeThoughtProject: A cop tried to claim an unarmed man tried to rob him but video shows the cop shoot the victim in the face and then plant a weapon on him.
Police State America

Criminal investigation launched against Detroit cop who was filmed beating a naked woman in a hospital

fromDailyMail: The officer is on paid suspension. It was announced that a criminal investigation has been launched.
Police State America

August 3, 2018


Federal Judge Breaks Up Albuquerque’s Car Theft Ring

fromSpiked: A new ruling says the city’s civil forfeiture program violates the right to due process. Car theft becomes more difficult for the police department.
Police State America

The ACLU is turning its back on free speech

fromCreators: Once a civil liberties champion, the ACLU has exposed itself as just a leftwing front group, explicitly endorsing the view that free speech can harm ‘marginalized’ groups by undermining their civil rights.  
Indoctrination and Censorship

Keeping cops hands out of your pocket

fromAmericanConservative: The Supreme Court recently agreed to rule on a case that could have a major impact on whether civil asset forfeiture can continue to serve as low hanging fruit for bureaucratic interests run amok.  
Police State America     The Government is Not Us

VIDEO: How Trump Transformed the Democratic Party Into the World's Dumbest Religion

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: A once principled political party has devolved into a kooky religion where all things Trump are satanic. Tammy Bruce breaks down the situation with Tucker Carlson.   
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption     Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

John Stossel: Working for tips

fromCreators: As usual, those who want the government to decide that workers must be paid more insist that "women and minorities" are hurt by the market. But waitress Alcieli Felipe says the politicians should butt out.  
Regulation Nation

Facebook blocks searches for pages that reference marijuana—even those of government agencies

fromReason: The platform is struggling to handle contradictory laws about legal and illegal use of pot.  
Indoctrination and Censorship      The War on Unapproved Voluntary Exchange