Swing and a Miss: ATF, CBDC, Dept of Education

Most efforts to stop federal programs miss the mark in a big way. Instead of striking the root, they hack at branches, often setting the stage for more of the same in the future.

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About that Oath of Office

Being bound by their oath to the Constitution, officers of the government violate that oath “whenever they give their sanction, by obedience, or otherwise, to any unconstitutional act of any department of the government.”

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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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Beware of Fake “Resistance” to Mandates

Politics, as Richard Henry Lee put it, is “the science of fraud.” And when it comes to resisting new federal mandates, expect plenty of that science. In this episode, learn the top-4 ways politicians pretend to be on the side of the Constitution and liberty.

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Shocker: Politicians Lie!

No, no, not just the politicians you don’t like. I mean pretty much all of them – with a few rare exceptions. It’s like part of the political DNA. This is one of the reasons Patrick Henry declared: “Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on […]

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NE Primary Election 2018: Deb Fischer, What Have You Done For — or To — Us Lately?

Deb Fischer has been Nebraska’s U.S. Senator for six years now and is running for a second term.  Actually, she's running in the primary seeking the right to run for that second term.  She didn't draw a "bye" in the primary, unlike U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry.  On the contrary, she's being primaried by a total […]

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