Once a bright shining star in the republic’s firmament, New York state, and particularly New York City, has fallen prey to the very worst leftist forces. Corruption, nepotism, ineptitude, wokeism, sexual predation – you name it, the “rulers” are dragging down the Empire State and are an affront to the decent upstate people who never […]
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Of course you’ve heard the name “George Soros,” often invoked as a sort of folk demon on the American and international right, it’s likely that you have some vague notion of why you think he’s a bad guy, or maybe you think the whole thing is a bunch of hype. However, if you’re a freedom […]
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by Dan Mitchell I have plenty of politician humor, collectivism humor, libertarian humor, and gun control humor. I also have big-government humor and European humor. But only a very limited collection of economics humor. Today, we’ll make up for that oversight, starting with this cartoon strip about the Federal Reserve’s easy-money policy. Next we have a cartoon about incentives and the welfare state. For our third item, I’ve […]
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Today we present Bob Barr’s Laws of the Universe #97.TALK MAY BE CHEAP, BUT IN THE U.S. SENATE, WHEN THEY’RE PAYING WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS, IT CAN GET MIGHTY EXPENSIVE VERY QUICKLYIt’s no surprise that everything in government is costly. But have you ever inspected what exactly their spending their time and resources on? In today’s […]
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Union boss Randi Weingarten said in a recent interview that she would ‘try’ to reopen schools fully in the fall for in-person learning. Republicans aren’t just trying to reopen schools – we’re actually doing it. The Biden administration took a victory lap in May for hitting its walked-back goal of reopening fifty percent of schools for […]
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This week, Branco reflects on the Democrats’ priorities. Rather than focus on real murders by supporting our police forces, they are picking on people who don’t wear masks. You know, the very people who believed them when they said get a vaccination because then you won’t need to wear a mask!
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It’s clear that “the force” of idiocracy is strong with this one. The Congresswoman from California, Maxine Waters, is Bob Barr’s first two-time “Idiot of the Week.” This time, she has decided to take great issue with the Declaration of Independence. “Meanest person in the Congress” Fmr. Congressman Bob Barr
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Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) applauded the 4th Circuit Court’s decision recognizing the right of law-abiding 18- to 20-year-olds’ to own a handgun. Of the ruling, Senator Lummis said, “The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. There is no reason a law-abiding 18-year-old adult should be denied that right solely based on their age. If we trust […]
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At a US border detention centre in the Texan desert, migrant children have been living in alarming conditions – where disease is rampant, food can be dangerous and there are reports of sexual abuse, an investigation by the BBC has found through interviews with staff and children. In recent months, the US has seen a […]
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by Dan Mitchell More than 10 years ago, I narrated this video explaining why there should be no capital gains tax. The economic argument against capital gains taxation is very simple. It is wrong to impose discriminatory taxes on income that is saved and invested. It’s bad enough that government gets to tax our income one time, but it’s even worse when they […]