Are Emergency Powers Testing Limits With Americans?

Are Emergency Powers A Test To See What Americans Will Put Up With?Tyler Durden – During the hysteria of the Covid pandemic questions swirled around how the federal government would respond to the events under the declaration of a national health emergency. What kind of powers would they claim to have and which constitutional rights would they try to suppress?

What many Americans did not consider, however, was the implementation of emergency powers under state governments rather than the White House.
Most of the Covid mandates crushing the US economy during that period were not federal mandates, but state mandates, and there’s a good reason why Covid tyrants chose to focus on state level restrictions. Continue reading

Is Two-Tiered ‘Justice’ Intended to Incite Rebellion?

Two-Tiered 'Justice' Intended to Incite RebellionJ. B. Shurk – John and Nisha Whitehead over at The Rutherford Institute always write compelling essays documenting America’s descent toward tyranny.  “A State of Martial Law: America Is a Military Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy” is no exception and deserves reading.

In that essay, the legal duo reminded me of something John Lennon once warned: “When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game.  The establishment will irritate you — pull your beard, flick your face — to make you fight.  Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you.” Continue reading

Rural America: Sweet Land of Liberty

Rural America: Sweet Land of LibertyAlan Harrelson – Rural America is vital to the survival of this nation.  It matters not only for the food and natural resources it produces, but as a source of inspiration, and indeed the best hope for the recovery of our constitutional republic.

The 2020 presidential election results map clearly shows that a conservative stronghold exists in most rural parts of the country, especially in the South, Midwest, and many Rocky Mountain states.  Rural America is not the hinterland of New York City or coastal California.  And yet mainstream media have largely ignored the vision and insights of rural communities for decades. Continue reading

US Constitution Bill for NC college students passes House

US Constitution Bill for NC college students passes HouseAlex Baltzegar – On Wednesday, the North Carolina House passed a bill requiring students at state universities to take a three-credit hour course on the U.S. Constitution and other founding documents by a vote of 69-47.

House Bill 96 (H.B. 96) passed the state House, with all Republicans and two Democrats voting in favor of the bill. The two Democrats in support were Shelly Willingham, D-Edgecombe, and Rep. Joe John, D-Wake. Continue reading

America’s Animal Farm

America's Animal FarmJ. B. Shurk – Ordinary people have extraordinary power.  Don’t believe me?  Watch what happens if tens of millions ever decide to close their bank accounts all at once.  Or critical sectors of the workforce decide to stay home for weeks.  Or a sizable percentage of the population refuses to obey arbitrary and capricious government orders.  When citizens become fed up enough to take matters into their own hands, those with government-bestowed titles learn quickly how little power those vaunted titles actually have.

If you were to ask a collection of random people what governments do, you would hear a multitude of answers: they make and enforce laws, collect taxes, regulate industry, police citizens, and mobilize militaries.  In actuality, what governments do, first and foremost, is prevent citizens from ever understanding the above paragraph. Continue reading