Category Archives: Politics
Texas Eviction Filings Among The Nation’s Highest As Millions Of Rent Relief Dollars Go Unspent
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The U.S. Treasury Department seized $1.9 million in unspent rent relief from five Texas counties and one city because local officials didn’t spend the money fast enough.
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Watch: The Abbott vs. O’Rourke Battle Begins
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The two-term Republican governor likely faces off against a Democratic challenger. Watch as we go behind the scenes.
Read moreHow the Feds Broke the Meat Industry
Since the passage of the Wholesome Meat Act, the number of slaughterhouses dropped from more than 10,000 to 2,766 in 2019.
Today, instead of hundreds of companies processing meat, three corporations control virtually the entire industry.
Ted Cruz Says Joe Biden Could Be Impeached If Republicans Take U.S. House
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The Republican senator from Texas said Democrats weaponized impeachment with former President Donald Trump, adding, “what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”
Read moreRural Voters, Guns, and Decentralization Sank the Democrats in Virginia
A big factor behind Youngkin’s electoral success in Virginia: the rural voter and their reaction to Richmond’s overreach on guns, schools, and centralized political power.
Read moreThe Myth That Our Planet Faces an Overpopulation Crisis
The world is not in danger of being overpopulated, so why do so many insist it is?
Read moreThe US Is A Powder Keg
“Shrinkflation” (the shrinking weight of the products while the price for the package remains the same) is an epidemic right now, as manufacturers are struggling to survive huge increases in their own costs. In the coming month, millions of jobs could be affected by this with protests growing in every city. To top it off, making all the above much worse, the vaccination is now coming for the kids. Mandates will surely follow. You want revolution in this country? This is a good way to foment one.
Read morePre-2020 Prices Are Gone Forever
Price inflation is completely out of hand. You know this. Your dog knows it too. Still, President Joe Biden wants you to believe he’s got it all under control. Deficits of $5.9 trillion over the 24 months ending September 30, 2021, and a Fed balance sheet expansion of nearly $5 trillion over the same period, have irrevocably damaged the entire pricing structure of the financial system and the economy. Pre-2020 prices are gone forever.
Read moreSpeech Isn’t a “Threat” Just Because a Government Official Says So
Many parents are becoming angry over the contempt with which they are treated by school officials. So school board officials are attempting to use federal “harassment” laws to silence critics.
Read moreHow America Abandoned Decentralization and Embraced the State
In short, the first item on the agenda of the modern state was the centralization of power.
Read moreWhy the Federalists Hated the Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights transformed the Constitution from one of supreme and total national power to a partially mixed polity where the liberal antinationalists at least had a fighting chance.
Read moreThe Rise of Economic Fascism in America
When people hear the word “fascism” they naturally think of its ugly racism and anti-Semitism as practiced by the totalitarian regimes of Mussolini and Hitler. But there was also an economic policy component of fascism, known as “corporatism,” that was an essential ingredient of economic totalitarianism. In the United States the word fascism may no longer be politically acceptable, but its synonym “industrial policy” is as popular as ever.
Read more“Infrastructure” Is Now Anything the Government Wants to Do
There is nothing new about lawmakers seeking to implement new programs at taxpayers’ expense. What is new is how open supporters of this effort have been about the fact that they are attempting to do this by changing the politically understood definition of the word “infrastructure” into a radical reimagining of what the word means.
Read moreGovernment Property Is Sacred. Your Property? Not So Much.
The sign of a healthy society is one where private property is respected, and not just the private property of large corporations or the politically connected, but that of everyday business owners and citizens. Unfortunately, the legacy media and ruling class don’t share this view.
Read moreStimulus 3.0: Who’s Getting Paid and Who’s Paying Up?
On Wednesday, the U.S. House gave final approval to coronavirus stimulus bill 3.0. For those keeping score at home, that brings total stimulus spending approved during the pandemic to $5 trillion.
So, what exactly is all of this money going to be spent on? And who is going to pay for it?
Read moreJohn Stossel: Covid Hypocrites [VIDEO]
Hypocrites! President Biden, Governor Newsom, Mayor DeBlasio, Governor Tate Reeves. In this video, I show how they cheat on their own Covid rules.
Read moreGovernment Should Not Be Spared from the Austerity It Is Inflicting on Society
So far millions in the private sector have lost their jobs or have been furloughed—but not many in government have. Many government employees continue to get salaries and benefits despite not working. Their agencies most certainly will not have as much work to do since major portions of the economy are closing down. Many agencies won’t even be needed any longer, but you better believe they will continue to be funded and probably expanded over time. That is outrageous. As we suffer economically, government should not be exempted.
Read moreAmerica Is a Technocracy, Not a Democracy
Perhaps never before in American history have the unelected technocrats played such an enormous role in shaping public policy in America. [In Washington] The real policymaking takes place among unelected experts, who decide for themselves—with minimal oversight or control from actual elected officials—what will happen in terms of public policy. The people who really run the country are these experts and bureaucrats at the central banks, at public health agencies, intelligence agencies and an expanding network of boards and commissions.
Read moreCalculating The Californication Of America
Beset by high housing costs, crippling taxes, astronomical gas prices, wildfires, and rolling blackouts, Californians are heading for the exits. That’s sparking anxiety in places where these Golden State migrants are relocating. Much of this anxiety revolves around fears that the migrants will transform the politics and culture of the places that they’re moving to—bringing an appetite for big, intrusive government. But a new survey suggests that, while plenty of people are looking to leave California, many are fleeing the state’s high costs and politics and may not be interested in voting for the same things in their new homes.
Read moreMichael Bloomberg’s Claim About ‘Children’ Killed by ‘Gun Violence’ Is Off by 73%
Such inflammatory exaggeration seems designed to avoid a substantive discussion of the presidential candidate’s gun control proposals.
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