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Let’s talk about…looming war in Venezuela?
The US Navy is sending at least three destroyers and various other craft to the Caribbean coast of Venezuela,...
The Police State Has a New Playbook: Martial Law, One City at a Time
John & Nisha Whitehead
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety)...
The New Gulag: Mental Health Detentions and the Criminalization of Dissent
John & Nisha Whitehead
“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is a dangerous activity.” Hannah Arendt The government’s war on homelessness—much like its...
The Experiment of Representative Democracy Has Failed…What’s Next?
VN Alexander
Elected representatives everywhere are compromised, bought or bribed—because we invested those representatives with the power that criminal organizations want....
The Rise of the Prison State: Trump’s Push for Megaprisons Could Lock Us All Up
John & Nisha Whitehead
“You think we’re arresting people now? You wait till we get the funding to do what we got to do.”...
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...
