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Quick Take…The Musk/Trump split and the new “third party”
Kit Knightly
There’s an episode of Mad Man – great series, highly recommend – where the Madison avenue ad executives of...
The Real National Emergency: Endless Wars, Failing Infrastructure, and a Dying Republic
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from...
The United States of Tyranny: America Is Becoming a Constitution-Free Zone
John & Nisha Whitehead
“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”...
Beyond the Law: What It Means to Weaponize the Government
John & Nisha Whitehead
President Trump’s declaration of war as a justification for using wartime powers to sidestep constitutional protections is indeed a war, but...
Ukraine: Is this genuine jingoism?
Kit Knightly
There was a fight in the Oval Office! Former actor and comedian President Zelensky and former reality television presenter...
Hold the Applause for Trump, the “Peacemaker”
Edward Curtin
There is history worth remembering as Trump is lauded in certain circles on the so-called “right” and “left” as...
The Deep State Wins Again: All the Ways ‘We the People’ Keep Losing Our Freedoms
John & Nisha Whitehead
“We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you’ll say, ‘Please, please. It’s too much...
A Constitutional Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Survive This Presidency?
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be...
The Rise of the Immortal Dictator: What Will AI Mean for Freedom and Government?
John & Nisha Whitehead
“If one company or small group of people manages to develop godlike digital superintelligence, they could take over the...
The Constitution Has Gone AWOL: From Presidential Power Grabs to Martial Law
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just...
Animal Farm Politics: The Deep State Wins Again
John & Nisha Whitehead
“No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to...
The Deep State’s Triumph: 2024 and the Erosion of Liberty
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Everyday the future looks a little bit darker.” Alan Moore, Watchmen We have become a nation adrift in a sea...
A Gift America Can’t Return: The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss
John & Nisha Whitehead
“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous,...
When Rights Become Privileges: Is the Constitution Becoming Optional?
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country...
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It
John & Nisha Whitehead
“He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good...
This Is How It Begins: The Deep State Wants to Terminate the Constitution
John & Nisha Whitehead
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary.” Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale This is...
Quick Take…Ukraine Fires Missiles into Russia, “WWIII” looms
The press is reporting that President Biden gave his permission for Ukrainian forces to fire US-made missiles into Russia....
The Very Definition of Tyranny: A Dictatorship Disguised as Democracy
John & Nisha Whitehead
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or...
The Politics of Fear: Laying the Groundwork for Fascism, American-Style
John & Nisha Whitehead
“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist America...
Soul Suicide in the Ballot Box as Palestinians Are Butchered
Edward Curtin
It’s been a long time but worth remembering, if you can, that when the Twin Towers and Building 7...
