Top-4 Ways the Feds Nationalize and Militarize Local Police

While federal agencies have increasingly become a de facto standing army, a number of federal programs have been doing the same with local police for decades.

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Militarized Federal Agencies: The Other Standing Army?

The menace of an increasingly militarized set of federal agencies, from the IRS to Social Security, HHS, and everything in between - in essence a de facto standing army, vested with the power to completely disregard the Constitution - cannot be overstated, nor can its danger be ignored.

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Report: Federal Gun Control Enforcement Near Record Levels

While they may not have the record for the most federal gun control enforcement in history - yet - Uncle Joe’s ATF has definitely made some aggressive moves to take the title. And, if they keep up with the current pace, they’ll get it soon, unfortunately.

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Supersized IRS Will Shrink Liberty

The IRS is expected to hire approximately 87,000 new agents. Supporters of the expansion say the IRS will use the enhanced enforcement capacity to target only “the rich.” However, it is not necessary to massively increase the IRS’s enforcement capacity just to go after “rich tax cheats.”

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Feds Run Second-Biggest July Deficit in History

There is no sign the U.S. government is going to get its spending problem under control. Last month, the feds ran the second-largest July budget deficit in history.

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Parties and Cult of Personality

George Washington warned that a party-first approach to politics would lead to "a frightful despotism." Partisanship leads to a cult of personality. That leads to a lot of power in the hands of a few. And that leads to tyranny.

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