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To Enforce the Laws Faithfully

To Enforce the Laws Faithfully

by | Jul 25, 2025 |

When the IRS announced two weeks ago that it would not enforce a section of federal law commonly called the Johnson Amendment, many clerics rejoiced. The Johnson Amendment -- named for its author, then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson -- strikes a bargain with charities. You accept tax-free dollars, you stay out of the political arena. The amendment is the federal law, codified in the IRS Code at 501(c)(3), that permits the IRS to grant tax-exempt status to qualifying charities. The tax exemptions...

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From Hero to Zero

From Hero to Zero

by | Jul 24, 2025 |

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, in February 2022, Volodymyr Zelensky has been elevated to the status of a hero King, pure in thought and deed, interested only in saving humble Ukraine from the onrushing hordes of Russian Orcs. Like Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, but short, thin-skinned and with a gravelly voice. He has been completely immune from any criticism in the west, with all allegations dismissed and labelled as Kremlin talking points. Yet, in an instant, that illusion has been...

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NATO Expansion — The Root Cause of the War in Ukraine

NATO Expansion — The Root Cause of the War in Ukraine

by | Jul 24, 2025 |

I know there is a lot of interest in the Jeffrey Epstein story and the new revelations from Tulsi Gabbard about Barack Obama and his team’s efforts to fan the flames of Russiagate. I have been all over the Russiagate matter since 2017. Here is the link to a piece I published on December 18, 2018 with the nifty title, The Trump Coup Is a Threat to Our Republic. I am glad the information is finally coming out, but I knew this seven years ago. What took them so long? While...

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An Offensive Shield — for Impunity, and Genocide: The Iron Dome and U.S. Complicity in Slaughter of Gazans

An Offensive Shield — for Impunity, and Genocide: The Iron Dome and U.S. Complicity in Slaughter of Gazans

by | Jul 23, 2025 |

The House of Representatives has approved giving Israel an additional $1.3 billion in “emergency defense assistance” for its Iron Dome missile defense program, another installment of countless billions sent from the United States to intensify a one-sided war against the Palestinian people. The Iron Dome system intercepts short range rockets (launched from 2.5 to 43 miles) through the joint work of the IDF, Israeli contractors, and U.S. weapons manufacturers like Raytheon. Radar batteries...

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The Untouchables: The Sexual Predators Within America’s Power Elite

The Untouchables: The Sexual Predators Within America’s Power Elite

by | Jul 23, 2025 |

“Now by coming in and being part of the cover-up, the Trump administration has become part of it.”—Alex Jones, InfoWars Once again, the American police state is choosing to protect predators, not victims. Jeffrey Epstein—the hedge fund billionaire/convicted serial pedophile and sex trafficker—may be dead, but the machinery that empowered and protected him is still very much alive. You see, the Epstein case was never just about Epstein—it was about the entire edifice of power that shields the...

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Get Ready for a Big Foreign Crisis

Get Ready for a Big Foreign Crisis

by | Jul 23, 2025 |

With President Trump’s MAGA supporters in full rebellion over his refusal to release all the records relating to the Jeffrey Epstein pedophilia investigation, get ready for a big crisis in foreign affairs designed to distract attention from the Epstein scandal. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time a ruler engaged in such a strategy. In fact, it’s a time-honored way to get people to set aside their rebellion and instead “rally ’round the flag.” Consider the immortal words of James Madison,...

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Did Trump Expose the DC Sham on Waste and Fraud?

Did Trump Expose the DC Sham on Waste and Fraud?

by | Jul 22, 2025 |

On January 24, President Trump fired 17 inspector generals working for a wide array of federal agencies. Trump’s action jolted Washington because most of those officials could supposedly only be removed for cause — specific misconduct or other abuses. Trump also scorned the federal law requiring giving Congress 30-days notice before terminating such officials.  Some of the inspector generals that Trump axed had done good work exposing government abuses while others had defaulted to the lap dog...

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Not Knowing The ‘Enemy’

Not Knowing The ‘Enemy’

by | Jul 22, 2025 |

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Sun Tzu, Art of War, III.18 I am always amazed how little western governments are aware of their own (lack of) capabilities as well as of the nature and capabilities of their 'enemies'. They tend to not know the basic economic...

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America’s Syrian Civil War

America’s Syrian Civil War

by | Jul 21, 2025 |

As Syria descends into full-scale civil war, with more than a thousand people killed in just the last few days, it may be a good time to remember the phrase, “Assad must go.” That was the slogan the regime-changers rolled out some 14 years ago during the “Arab Spring” that was supposed to usher liberal democracies into power throughout the region. From Tunisia to Egypt to Libya and on to Syria, the plan was to remake the Middle East according to the will of Washington’s “master planners.” The...

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The CIA Initiated an Intelligence and Terrorist War on Russia Based on a Lie

The CIA Initiated an Intelligence and Terrorist War on Russia Based on a Lie

by | Jul 21, 2025 |

Foreign Policy published an article last week by Tim Weiner, author of Legacy of Ashes, with the title, When the Threat Is Inside the White House: What CIA insiders make of the MAGA moles and toadies now in charge of U.S. national security. While the intent of the article is to paint Trump and his team as a bunch of Russian toadies, Weiner unwittingly paints a picture of the CIA’s leadership as biased operators with no understanding of Russia… They still think they are...

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What’s Going On In the ‘Honeypot?’

What’s Going On In the ‘Honeypot?’

by | Jul 19, 2025 |

What goes on in Washington is underappreciated for those of us who like a bit of humor mixed in with our politics. This past week we have been treated to a whole series of malapropisms coming out of the mouth of President Donald Trump, including the questioning of the president of Liberia Joseph Boakai by Trump over how he speaks such excellent English. “Such good English,” Trump said. “Where did you learn to speak so beautifully? In Liberia? That’s very interesting. Where were you...

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Just Six US House Members Vote Against Sending Israel Another Half Billion Dollars in Military Aid

Just Six US House Members Vote Against Sending Israel Another Half Billion Dollars in Military Aid

by | Jul 18, 2025 |

Special interests are continually finagling to gain more support from the United States government that oversees a vast trove of money and power. A vote just after midnight Friday morning in the US House of Representatives suggests that the government of Israel is at the top of the heap of special interests when it comes to being able to extract benefits from the US with very widespread support from American legislators. The vote was on an amendment Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) offered...

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World War III has Already Begun

World War III has Already Begun

by | Jul 18, 2025 |

Many now speak of humanity’s drift towards World War III, imagining events similar to those of the 20th century. But war evolves. It will not begin with a June 1941 Barbarossa-style invasion or a Cuban Missile Crisis-style nuclear standoff. In fact, the new world war is already underway – it’s just that not everyone has recognized it yet. For Russia, the pre-war period ended in 2014. For China, it was 2017. For Iran, 2023. Since then, war – in its modern, diffuse form – has intensified. This...

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Did Trump Expose the DC Sham on Waste and Fraud?

Trump’s Election-Interference Tariff

by | Jul 17, 2025 |

Like a child with his new favorite toy at Christmas, President Trump is using tariff taxes not only to attempt to centrally plan the pricing of thousands of goods and services in the economy, but also to engage in election interference in other countries. The latter statement refers to how he recently put the government of Brazil on notice that 50 percent tariff taxes would be imposed on Brazilian imports to the U.S. unless it dropped the legal case against the former Brazilian President...

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No Due Process at Gitmo

No Due Process at Gitmo

by | Jul 17, 2025 |

Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., invalidated a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for 20 years. Mohammed has been charged with conspiracy to commit mass murder in the United States on 9/11. Originally, the federal government blamed Osama bin Laden as the 9/11 mastermind. Then, after bin Laden was murdered in his home in Pakistan by the feds, they decided that Mohammed was the real...

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Two Cheers for DHS’ Kristi Noem

Two Cheers for DHS’ Kristi Noem

by | Jul 17, 2025 |

We have been pretty critical for some of the more bonehead moves coming from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in these early days of the Trump Administration. She has staged some embarrassing cosplay "takedowns" of illegals and she inexplicitly spent her first Memorial Day as a Senior US Official - a day to honor fallen American soldiers - wailing at Israel's "Wailing Wall" for some reason. Nevertheless - and some may rightly criticize the slow pace of "progress" - the "easily excited"...

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Peace & Prosperity Blog

Starving Gazans

Starving Gazans

by | Jul 23, 2025

Gazans are starving. They are starving because of the actions of the Israel government, undertaken with the critical support of the United States government. A Wednesday...

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The Divine Right of Donald Trump

The Divine Right of Donald Trump

by | Jul 16, 2025

Many people, including President Donald Trump, have been suggesting over the last year that, because Trump survived being shot at during the 2024 presidential campaign, he and...

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