The Police State

Ross Ulbricht was railroaded by a federal kangaroo court which imposed an absurdly excessive penalty. Today, Donald Trump pardoned Ulbricht. 

Joe Biden‘s term is over, but while in office he continued the practice of lying and locking up federal documents that could expose federal government wrongdoing. One hopes against hope that President Trump will reverse that trend.

After the Capitol riots of January 6, 2021, it seemed that everyone learned a word they had never used before—“insurrection.” Yet, if that event was an insurrection, it was a very poor one. Typically, coup attempts do not wrap up in time for dinner.

The Heritage Foundation recently called for sanctions against China and Mexico for their alleged role in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl, and also called for ramping up the drug war. These “solutions,” of course, will only make things worse.

Modern historians tend to view the post-Civil War Reconstruction period as a time when the victorious northern states attempted to bring law and order to the South. However, by establishing a de facto police state, the North further poisoned relationships between whites and freed slaves.

The Biden administration, and the political establishment more broadly, is scrambling to ram through policies that a majority of voters just voted against. Their actions expose that their supposed commitment to democracy is a lie.

In 1940, shortly after Nazi armies ran across Europe and conquered France, Ludwig von Mises and his wife, Margit, escaped to the US after a harrowing journey through hostile territory. Here is their story.

The FBI has always acted as secret police for the established political class.

The Washington political establishment is alarmed that President-elect Trump wants to appoint Kash Patel as FBI director, claiming that Trump's choice will “politicize” the FBI. However, the FBI has always acted as secret police for the established political class.

Now threatening citizens for what they post online, one would hardly believe that England had once possessed a hard-won tradition of limited government and natural rights.