Emergency Powers are Forever
Once ANY government is allowed to overreach and expand its powers, the genie will never voluntarily go back in the bottle.
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Once ANY government is allowed to overreach and expand its powers, the genie will never voluntarily go back in the bottle.
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Instead of a declaration of war, Biden, along with Bush, Obama, and Trump before him, relies on the authorization to use military force (AUMF) passed by Congress in the wake of 9/11 to justify military action across the globe. But this stretches the president’s constitutional authority far beyond the breaking point.
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Fear is the foundation of government power. And war is the “art of conquering at home.” Insight and warnings from the founders - plus even a glimmer of hope and inspiration for the future.
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According to a study by the National Priorities Project at the progressive Institute for Policy Studies, the U.S. has spent $21 trillion on “militarization, surveillance, and repression,” in the years since 9/11.
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According to an Airwars investigation, as many as 48,000 civilians have died over the last 20 years as a direct result of U.S. bombs.
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From day one, they’ve attacked your liberty in big ways - and they’re not even close to being done yet.
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This is no longer just a ‘surveillance state.’ We are on the fast track to a police state. Continue reading →
Creating the “Domestic Surveillance State” by Alfred W. McCoy In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as CIA renditions, drone assassinations, and military detention, President Obama has to a surprising extent embraced th...