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Thanksgiving: The Forgotten History of America’s Thanksgiving and What It Commemorates
Thanksgiving is the oldest national holiday in the United States. However, it’s observation is not a continuous presence in American history. While the celebration of Thanksgiving predates even the founding of the nation, it was proclaimed by George Washington, then...
Send Thanksgiving Greetings to Chelsea Manning, Heroic Whistleblower In Jail
Working with Wikileaks almost a decade ago, Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning provided some of the most damning revelations on U.S. foreign policy and military atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump’s Justice Department indicted Wikileaks’...
Destabilizing Libya: It’s The Russians Again
U.S. blames Russia for destabilizing Libya Russia has deployed military forces to Libya that are "de-stabilizing" the North African country, a top State Department official warned Tuesday. The presence of the Russian troops "raises the specter of large-scale...
The Hidden Link Between Fiat Money and the Increasing Appeal of Socialism
What causes the seemingly unfounded confidence in socialism we encounter more and more in the news media and among political activists? In the Extinction Rebellion movement, for example, activists are quite certain they have learned that there is an alternative to...
Doctors Speak Out, Say Julian Assange ‘Could Die in Prison’ Due to Horrific Treatment and Neglect
As TFTP reported in April, several men in black suits, surrounded by a dozen cops, raided the Ecuadorian embassy in London and kidnapped Julian Assange. Since that day, Assange has been rotting in solitary confinement as his health drastically deteriorated. “Unless...
Monsters and U.S. Foreign Policy
It looks like the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity will be having some competition. The formation of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft was recently announced. The think tank gets its name from John Quincy Adams. According to the organization’s...
She Didn’t Know Her Autistic Son Could Be Tasered At School
C'mon, really? What do you think this is?
Bovard on Deval Patrick
Wouldn't you know it? As a Justice Department official under Bill Clinton, he said it was just fine for the FBI HRT to murder Vicky Weaver.
No Medicare At All
Last week I wrote about Medicare for All being an unnecessary political power grab. Rather than a rally cry of Medicare for All, I think the conversation should shift: Instead, there should be a rally cry for “No Medicare At All!” Is government-controlled medical care...
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