Download Episode. Jim Bovard is back on the show to discuss the Federal Government’s siege at Waco thirty years ago. Scott and Bovard reflect on how they both first learned about the story. Bovard then goes through his experience reporting on the government’s...
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Power ‘From’ the People!
by Michael Boldin | Jan 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
We’ve all heard or seen the slogan, “Power to the People,” but it gets things almost completely backwards. The word “to" is the wrong word, by far. Under the system and principles of the founders and old revolutionaries, all power comes from the people. They don’t...
‘Greedflation’ Is a Red Herring
by Connor O'Keeffe | Nov 21, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
Even as price inflation slows and we move past June’s peak, progressives continue to push the concept of “greedflation”—that this year’s price inflation is caused by corporate greed and price gouging. This is inaccurate, based on bad economics, and it blames a...
Update: Arrest Warrant for Ray Epps Was Issued in 2016
by Ken Silva | Sep 1, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Ray Epps might not face charges for trespassing on Capitol Hill grounds and encouraging others to do the same, but he could be wanted for allegedly trespassing on someone’s property in Pennsylvania. The Libertarian Institute initially reported last month on a 2015...
COI #191: Bring the Troops Home guest Hunter DeRensis
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 21, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #191, Hunter DeRensis joins Kyle Anzalone to discuss the Bring Our Troops Home movement. Hunter explains how Defend the Guard legislation has made significant progress in several states. Defend the Guard laws would prevent the federal government from exploiting...
OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate Was Never Possible
by Michael Maharrey | Nov 19, 2021 | Featured Articles
On November 18, 2021 OSHA suspended enforcement of the Biden administration's vaccine mandate. According to a CBS News report, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will rely heavily on informants to help enforce the federal vaccine mandate. More...
News Roundup 8/19/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 19, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Biden says nursing homes that have Medicare and Medicaid residents have to mandate their staff are vaccinated. [Link] The FDA approved a third booster shot of the 2-shot covid vaccinations for most adults. [Link] The federal government will reimburse states...
Police Department Awards Family Over $1 Million After Cop Executes Their 17 Year Old Son
by Matt Agorist | Jul 6, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
It has been over six months since officer Chase Bebak-Miller shot and killed 17-year-old Anthony Cano as he complied with the officer’s orders. So far, no charges have been brought and the only ones receiving scrutiny from the police are family members who have been...
COI #64 – Fighting the Federal Government’s War Machine guest Mike Maharrey
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 29, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #64, Mike Maharrey, communications director of the Tenth Amendment Center, returns to the show. Mike discusses the outlook for gold in 2021 and how buying gold undermines the war machine. He looks the benefits to both Bitcoin verses gold and explains why you...
New Report on the Nullification Movement in America
by The Tenth Amendment Center | Sep 7, 2020 | Featured Articles
Available formats (right-click to download): .pdf format .mobi format (for Kindle) .epub format (for Apple or Android) “Let us remember that if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom!” Writing as Candidus in...
The Constitution Is Not Your Friend
by Michael Maharrey | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
One of the biggest misconceptions I hear about the Constitution is that it was written to “protect our liberty.” It wasn’t. At least not in a direct sense. The confusion likely arises from the words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be...
What Paul Krugman Gets Wrong About The $600 Unemployment Bonus
by Bradley Thomas | Jul 12, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
The federal government’s program of supplemental unemployment benefits of up to $600 per week, as provided for in the CARES Act, is set to expire at the end of July. Whether or not to extend this program is setting up to become a contentious political battle mere...
Look to the Constitution, Not ‘Necessity’
by Michael Maharrey | May 27, 2020 | Featured Articles
I hear a lot of bad constitutional arguments justifying this or that federal action. One common justification for expanding federal power is: “This thing is necessary! It needs to be done.” But it doesn’t follow that the federal government has to do the thing. In...
USDA Joins in on Screwing Americans
by Jordan Gambrell | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog
Why farmers are dumping food as some Americans go hungry - The Washington Post That should be an easy question to answer. Because the US Dept of Agriculture forces farmers to dump milk to maintain prices. The Washington Post is something else. They’re actually going...
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Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
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