Congressional “Reforms” Made NSA Spying Worse

The USA Freedom Act was sold as pledge to end NSA’s bulk collection program concerning of metadata. However, this law didn’t end bulk collection of metadata. It shifted the responsibility to telecommunications providers. The result of this law, has actually increased the spying efficiency of the NSA. In other words, the promised “reform” made NSA…

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Texas Bills Would Create Process to Review and Block Unconstitutional Federal Acts

AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 15, 2016) – During the 2017 session, the Texas legislature will consider bills creating a mechanism to review federal laws and end state cooperation with enforcement of those that violate the Texas Bill of Rights. This process would set the stage to effectively block some federal laws in the Lone Star State.…

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Bills Filed in Texas are First Step to Block Federal Gun Control; Past, Present, or Future

AUSTIN, Tex., November 14, 2016 – Today, a Texas state representative prefiled a bill to prohibit the state from using personnel or resources to enforce federal gun control measures, setting the foundation to nullify them in practice within the state. House Bill 110 (HB110), filed by Representative Matthew Krause, (R-Ft. Worth), would deny state material support and…

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State Action and Market Power Can Overwhelm Unconstitutional Federal Dairy Regulations

American dairy cooperatives recently settled a class-action lawsuit for $52 million that was based on an unconstitutional federal act “regulating” the dairy industry. But despite heavy-handed federal meddling, markets with the help of state action can prevail. Milk producers work together through coops that serve as middlemen between dairy farms and and processors. The lawsuit…

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Podcast: Bad Historians

A lot of the history you learned in school is just flat-out wrong. In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I take apart one bad historian on nullification and explain why you need to rethink all of the history you think you know. Don Jeffries calls them “court historians,” – establishment academics and scholars…

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Kansas Action Alert: Gun Rights Trial Coming to a Close

EDITOR’S NOTE:  The following is a post from TAC member, Glen Burdue. All members have access to submit posts and share their views anonymously, or publicly. We occasionally feature those posts here.  Not a member yet?  JOIN HERE. 2 Kansas disabled veterans are about to be put in jail by a federal judge for following Kansas…

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