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Will He, or Won’t He?

Will He, or Won’t He?

by | Feb 2, 2026 |

For the past month, Americans have been wondering whether President Trump will attack Iran, or whether the massive military build-up in the Middle East is just another bluff. President Trump claims that the decision is his alone to make. Thus far, President Trump has made little effort to explain to the American people – or to Congress – why launching a war against Iran is in our national interest. Instead, he wanders from one reason to another, hoping something will stick. First it was a...

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‘Why Don’t You Criticize Iran??’

‘Why Don’t You Criticize Iran??’

by | Feb 2, 2026 |

Any time things heat up with an empire-targeted government I always get people demanding to know why I’m not critical of that government. “Why don’t you criticize Iran? You spend all your time criticizing the west and Israel; you’re a hypocrite if you don’t criticize Iran.” It flabbergasts them that I’m not saying harsh things about the latest Official Bad Guy of the Day. Everyone on TV is criticizing Iran. Both mainstream political parties are criticizing Iran. Their favorite mainstream...

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Cuban Crisis 2.0. What if ‘Gerans’ flew from Cuba?

Cuban Crisis 2.0. What if ‘Gerans’ flew from Cuba?

by | Jan 31, 2026 |

History doesn’t quite repeat itself, but it does upgrade its hardware. As Washington’s posture toward Havana hardens once again, the real question is no longer whether pressure escalates, but how and when. Cuba has lived under American coercion for over six decades. That reality is baked in. What’s changed is the battlefield and the tools available to smaller states that refuse to fold. So let’s run a strictly hypothetical scenario: if Cuba were forced to defend itself in a new confrontation,...

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Senate Democrats Offer Promising Ideas for Changing Immigration Enforcement

Senate Democrats Offer Promising Ideas for Changing Immigration Enforcement

by | Jan 31, 2026 |

It is good to be cautious when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) proclaims he is promoting “common sense” ideas. But, looking at a listing of some of what he on Wednesday called “common-sense reforms, ones that Americans know and expect from law enforcement,” that Senate Democrats want imposed for the United States government’s immigration enforcement efforts, it seems that Schumer and his party caucus are putting forward some promising ideas. The Senate Democrats’ proposal largely...

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Treating Peaceful American Civilians as Enemy Combatants

Treating Peaceful American Civilians as Enemy Combatants

by | Jan 30, 2026 |

The recent killing of Alex Pretti by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents in Minneapolis has generated a new wave of fury on the part of Americans upset about the mounting abuses that federal law enforcement personnel are committing.  The alarm is fully warranted.  ICE, the FBI, and other government entities increasingly both look and behave like ruthless military combat units.  Unfortunately, too many people who are alarmed about the recent...

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American Gestapo/American Psycho

American Gestapo/American Psycho

by | Jan 29, 2026 |

Last week, a half-dozen masked and unidentifiable Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed a 37-year-old federal employee, a nurse, by spraying pepper spray into his eyes, pushing him to the ground, stealing his lawfully owned and carried handgun, and then shooting him nine times in the back. The thugs from ICE whom the federal government has sent to Minneapolis have produced murder and mayhem on a scale far more violent, disruptive and disturbing to human life than have the...

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Judge, Jury, Executioner: When the Government Decides Who Lives or Dies

Judge, Jury, Executioner: When the Government Decides Who Lives or Dies

by | Jan 28, 2026 |

What does it say about a political movement that demands absolute reverence for life in the womb yet shrugs when the government kills, cages, or brutalizes the living? What does it say about a government—and a political movement—that claims to value the unborn, but once you are born, that concern evaporates? When life upon birth becomes expendable, subject to force, punishment, neglect, and death so long as it serves “law and order,” “national security,” or political convenience—when you can...

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Latest Federal Killing in Minnesota Echoes Ruby Ridge

Latest Federal Killing in Minnesota Echoes Ruby Ridge

by | Jan 27, 2026 |

On Saturday, federal agents in Minneapolis killed protester Alex Pretti, shooting him in the back 10 times after they had taken away the pistol he legally carried. White House Deputy Chief Stephen Miller quickly settled the issue: “A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists.” A few hours after Pretti was killed, I commented on Twitter/X: “How many of the Trump supporters cheering the killing of the...

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The Ruthlessness and Brutality of the US Government

The Ruthlessness and Brutality of the US Government

by | Jan 27, 2026 |

I have long maintained that one of the big obstacles libertarians face in the achievement of a genuinely free society is the fact that most Americans honestly believe they are free. When people are convinced they are free, they have no reason to want to join up with us libertarians in our effort to establish a genuinely free society. Instead, they simply view libertarianism as a “weird” philosophy that purports to achieve what we already have — a free society. One can only hope that the recent...

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Will He, or Won’t He?

Trump’s Latest Regime Change Target

by | Jan 26, 2026 |

What does the Federal Reserve have in common with Venezuela and Greenland? It has been targeted by President Trump for regime change. The Justice Department recently launched a criminal investigation into whether Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell lied to Congress about the costs of renovating the Federal Reserve’s offices. Many believe this investigation was launched in order to support President Trump’s effort to replace Powell, who he nominated to be Fed chairman in 2017, with a Fed...

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Beware the Precedents You Set

Beware the Precedents You Set

by | Jan 26, 2026 |

For three decades, Washington insisted that internal destabilization was not an act of war when applied abroad. It called it “civil society.” It is now discovering that precedents don’t ask permission to come home — and that shock is already visible on Minnesota’s streets. This is not about Russia orchestrating unrest in the United States. It isn’t. There’s no evidence for that, and pretending otherwise is a distraction. The uncomfortable truth is simpler: the United States is running into the...

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Some Tales from the Darkside

Some Tales from the Darkside

by | Jan 26, 2026 |

The recent demonstrations in Iran that may have killed more than 5,000 civilians and security officers changed from largely peaceful to violent when a number of “agitators” got involved and sought to turn the gatherings focused on the poor economy into a drive to bring about regime change. It has been suggested that the sometimes-armed outsiders who stirred the pot were organized and trained by foreign intelligence services, most specifically the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the...

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US House of Representatives Refuses to Kill the Automobile ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate

US House of Representatives Refuses to Kill the Automobile ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate

by | Jan 24, 2026 |

During consideration Thursday of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 7148), United States House of Representatives members rejected by a vote of 268 to 164 an amendment offered by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), along with cosponsors Reps. Scott Perry (R-PA) and Chip Roy (R-TX). The amendment would eliminate funding to implement a mandate included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR 3684) that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2021. That mandate requires vehicles to be...

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Arctic Craziness

Arctic Craziness

by | Jan 23, 2026 |

What ever happened to the Epstein scandal? Gone. Out of sight. Hey presto, vanished by the wave of a magic wand. It seems that Master Illusionist Donald Trump has dodged this lethal bullet – at least for the time being. Trump’s Invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping its president Maduro, a former bus driver, removed Epstein from the news. Now Trump and his henchmen are beating the drums over his claim to world greatness launched at Davos, Switzerland. This rather ugly alpine resort – which is...

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The American Police State Has Arrived

The American Police State Has Arrived

by | Jan 22, 2026 |

In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech, it has attacked it. Like authoritarians throughout history, it has sought to silence the speech it hates and fears. But most authoritarians did not have a Constitution that was written as an intentional obstacle to them. Last week, Raquel Pacheco posted a Tweet/X calling Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner a hypocrite for supporting the free speech of those who want Israel to take over Gaza, but...

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Nullify the Police State: The People’s Veto to Rein in a Lawless Government

Nullify the Police State: The People’s Veto to Rein in a Lawless Government

by | Jan 21, 2026 |

We are living through a period of open lawlessness at the highest levels of government. Executive orders are issued to sidestep Congress. Federal law enforcement is deployed as a tool of retaliation. Protest is criminalized. Surveillance expands. Due process becomes optional. Courts are packed, ignored, or bypassed. Entire communities are terrorized under the guise of “law and order.” None of this is accidental. And none of it is temporary. At a time when...

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Peace & Prosperity Blog

Greenland or Bust

by | Jan 21, 2026

Greenland or bust. Who would have thought Donald Trump’s drive to acquire Greenland would become a defining issue for the Global North and the trans-Atlantic alliance. Who would...

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