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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Case to Move Forward That Could Dissuade and Chill the Right to Organize Peaceful Political Mass Protests

May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case with far-reaching implications across the political spectrum for free speech and the right to protest, the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a case to move forward that could hold a protest organizer liable for the independent actions of another protester, ultimately undermining the right to organize non-violent protests. Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court Allows Case to Move Forward That Could Dissuade and Chill the Right to Organize Peaceful Political Mass Protests”

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FBI raids could be blocked by sheriffs

Unless voters don’t hesitate to get involved, we can’t answer for the unconstitutional conduct of the Biden administration, but we can make our sheriffs answer why they are not standing up for us.

As much as federal agencies are running roughshod over average citizens, who have done nothing more than nonviolently voice their opinion on or near public property, their jurisdiction is limited.

“Really?” some may ask. Yes, really. The problem is that sheriffs have been conditioned to ignore the fact that they are endowed with the highest order of legal authority in the nation. The FBI, ATF, and other executive agencies have the proper ability to enforce warrants within a county outside of Washington, D.C. if the county sheriff allows them that latitude within their jurisdiction.

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Stop Drinking the Political Kool-Aid, America: Voting Will Not Save Us

“We’ve got to face it. Politics have entered a new stage, the television stage. Instead of long-winded public debates, the people want capsule slogans—‘Time for a change’—‘The mess in Washington’—‘More bang for a buck’—punch lines and glamour.”— A Face in the Crowd (1957)

We are one year out from the 2024 presidential election and as usual, the American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new president in the White House can solve the problems that plague us.

Yet what is being staged is not an election.

It’s a con game, a scam, a grift, a hustle, a bunko, a swindle, a flimflam, a gaffle, and a bamboozle, and “we the people” are nothing more than marks, suckers, stooges, mugs, rubes, or gulls. Continue reading “Stop Drinking the Political Kool-Aid, America: Voting Will Not Save Us”

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New Dinesh D’Souza Film ‘Police State’ Is a Wakeup Call for America

Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza has created a feature-length documentary film he hopes will alert the public to the danger posed to all of us by the rising American police state.

In a recent phone interview with The Epoch Times, Mr. D’Souza said that, even as a teenage immigrant to the United States, he was “mesmerized not only by the economic opportunity and upward mobility of this country, but also by America’s system of individual rights.

“These rights are enshrined in the Bill of Rights as unalienable, not open for negotiation.

Read the full story here.

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‘The Book of Virtues’ – More Important Now Than Ever

August, 2023

We are a nation divided. So it seems, and so we are told. Again and again.

Americans disagree on abortion. We disagree on what’s important, on what is and isn’t a “crisis.” We disagree on the types of energy our nation ought to create and use. We disagree on the rights of parents and of minors; what the First and Second Amendments mean; how to deal with our southern border; and whether or not to support Ukraine in its war with Russia. Continue reading “‘The Book of Virtues’ – More Important Now Than Ever”

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Mental Health Round-Ups: The Next Phase of the Government’s War on Thought Crimes

“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is a dangerous activity.”—Hannah Arendt

Get ready for the next phase of the government’s war on thought crimes: mental health round-ups and involuntary detentions.

Under the guise of public health and safety, the government could use mental health care as a pretext for targeting and locking up dissidents, activists and anyone unfortunate enough to be placed on a government watch list.

If we don’t nip this in the bud, and soon, this will become yet another pretext by which government officials can violate the First and Fourth Amendments at will. Continue reading “Mental Health Round-Ups: The Next Phase of the Government’s War on Thought Crimes”

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Sounding Alarm Over Thought Crime Programs, TRI Warns College Against Tracking Religious, Political Ideologies

CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. — Responding to a report suggesting that the University of Virginia should consider tracking the religious and political affiliations/ideologies of students and faculty, The Rutherford Institute has warned that such a program would raise significant constitutional concerns, especially as it pertains to the right of citizens to associate anonymously without being compelled by the government to disclose their political or religious beliefs. Continue reading “Sounding Alarm Over Thought Crime Programs, TRI Warns College Against Tracking Religious, Political Ideologies”

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Disarm the IRS, De-Militarize the Bureaucracy, and Dismantle the Standing Army

“There are instruments so dangerous to the rights of the nation and which place them so totally at the mercy of their governors that those governors, whether legislative or executive, should be restrained from keeping such instruments on foot but in well-defined cases. Such an instrument is a standing army.”—Thomas Jefferson, 1789

What does it say about the state of our freedoms that there are now more pencil-pushing, bureaucratic (non-military) government agents armed with weapons than U.S. Marines? Continue reading “Disarm the IRS, De-Militarize the Bureaucracy, and Dismantle the Standing Army”

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The War on Free Speech Is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government

By John & Nisha Whitehead

“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.”— Justice William O. Douglas

Absolutely, there is a war on free speech.

To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government. Continue reading “The War on Free Speech Is Really a War on the Right to Criticize the Government”

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Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech

By John & Nisha Whitehead

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—George Washington

What the police state wants is a silent, compliant, oblivious citizenry.

What the First Amendment affirms is an engaged citizenry that speaks truth to power using whatever peaceful means are available to us.

Speaking one’s truth doesn’t have to be the same for each person, and that truth doesn’t have to be palatable or pleasant or even factual. Continue reading “Speak Your Truth: Don’t Let the Government Criminalize Free Speech”