It is no secret that cops shoot dogs — a lot. Frequent readers of TFTP know too well how many beloved family pets are gunned down every year by public servants in the U.S. It happens so much that there is a term for it called “puppycide.” We have an endless archive of...
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The GOP Is Not Your Savior
by Laurence Vance | Jun 16, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
If Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) had not gotten sick and resigned his Senate seat, then the title of this article would have been “Will the Republicans Save Us?” After serving in the Georgia state house and senate, Isakson served three terms in the U.S. House of...
Stimulus Is Not the Answer to Your Economic Woes
by Robert Blumen | Jun 16, 2021 | Economics, Featured Articles
Congress is hard at work on a stimulus bill. Doubtless their efforts will pay off. Does anyone stop to ask what it is about stimulus that stimulates? And what, exactly, does it stimulate? Start by spending a lot of money that the government does not have, borrow the...
WATCH: Cops Assault, Taser Teens for Vaping Outside
by Matt Agorist | Jun 15, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In the land of the free, police are tasked with enforcement of all laws no matter how arbitrary or even whether or not there is a victim involved. If you break one of these arbitrary laws in the land of the free, police claim the right to extort or kidnap you. If you...
Biden Declares “Sacred Obligation” to NATO’s Article 5 War Clause
by Rick Rozoff | Jun 15, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Voice of America Sunday ran a story about the tenor and theme of President Joe Biden’s presentation at tomorrow’s NATO summit in Brussels with the headline Biden to Reassure Allies of US Commitment to NATO Mutual Defense Clause. In the report it cites a pledge Biden...
Where Did Washington Go Wrong in Syria?
by Ahmad Al Khaled | Jun 14, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The unending Syrian conflict has become the most prolonged and bloodiest since the start of the twenty-first century. It carried off the lives of millions of Syrian, turned the country into a battlefront and caused an immigration crisis in Western states. Moreover, a...
Why Patriots Shouldn’t Pledge Allegiance
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Jun 14, 2021 | Featured Articles
Flag Day is upon us, with the Fourth of July not far behind. No better time for a frontal assault on a cherished American ritual—the Pledge of Allegiance. Though conservatives will be most aghast at this undertaking, the open-minded ones will soon discover they should...
TGIF: VP Harris Tells Guatemalans to Stay in Their Place
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 11, 2021 | Economics, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Shame on Vice President Kamala Harris. On her recent trip to Guatemala she said, "I want to be clear to folks in the region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border: Do not come. Do not come. I believe if you come to our...