The recent protests and storming of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 produced a hysterical reaction from both pundits and the federal government. This contrasts wildly with the response to an actual rebellion during the Republic’s early days. The new federal...
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Meet Rachel Levine, President Biden’s Disastrous Response to COVID
by Zachary Yost | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
On January 19 it was announced that Joe Biden planned to nominate Rachel Levine, the Pennsylvania (PA) secretary of health, for the position of assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services. This is potentially good news for...
How 2021 Could Be Better Ep. 149 ft. Jose Galison
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 23, 2021 | Politics, Vital Dissent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2oCgFf2cLs&feature=youtu.be I joined Jose Galison on "No Way Jose" to finish up a belated recap of 2020. We discuss the 2020 campaign trail, allegations of election fraud, Hunter Biden, internet censorship, "trusting the experts,"...
The Prospects for Liberty Under a President Biden
by Norman Singleton | Jan 22, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
While some liberty activists may be despondent over recent developments in our country including the coming one-party power in Washington, D.C., there are reasons to be hopeful about the prospects for liberty in the age of Biden. First, despite what many in the media...
Panic in the Imperial City
by Kenny MacDonald | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Despite all the lip service about democracy, justice, human rights, freedom, equality and so forth—the entire Washington establishment exists for the sole purpose of perpetuating the empire. How do I know? Because the media response to the January 6th attack at the...
Congress Prepares to Excommunicate Millions of Americans
by Jim Bovard | Jan 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
"Have you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” was the question used in congressional hearings in the 1950s in what was portrayed as a witch hunt against leftists that blighted American freedom of speech. A new witch hunt is sweeping Washington,...
Why Statists Despise Trump
by Jacob Hornberger | Jan 18, 2021 | Featured Articles, Politics
In the words of Ronald Reagan, here we go again. The unbelievable hatred that Democrats, liberals, progressives, and the mainstream press have toward President Trump continues to consume them, with the latest manifestation being a second impeachment of President...
Is Secession *Really* the Libertarian Answer? Ep. 148
by Patrick Macfarlane | Jan 16, 2021 | Libertarianism, Politics, Vital Dissent
https://youtu.be/nFQuYaFW1aM Some libertarian anarchists view even the act of secession as a political act which creates a new, albeit smaller, state. We examine the libertarian principles at play behind secession and examine the libertarian arguments against...