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Three Lies They’re Telling You About the Debt Ceiling

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5/25/2023

End the FBI

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5/19/2023

The New Immigration Bill Is a Trojan Horse for E-Verify and Is a Threat to All Americans

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5/10/2023

Jay Powell Said the Banking System Is “Sound and Resilient.” Now More Banks Are in Trouble.

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5/5/2023

It’s a Good Thing for Ordinary Americans If the US Loses Reserve Currency Status

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4/29/2023

Why the Regime Needs the Dollar To Be the Global Reserve Currency

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4/6/2023

To Fight the State, We Must Build Nonstate Institutions

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3/29/2023

The Fed Backtracks on Future Rate Hikes as Bank Failures Loom Large

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3/24/2023

No, We Don’t Need More Nuclear Weapons

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3/18/2023

Job Growth Surges Again, Fueled by the Fed’s Huge Monetary Overhang

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3/14/2023

Money Supply Growth Went Negative for the Third Month in a Row, and Is Near a 35-Year Low

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3/10/2023

The ‘Meritocracy’ Was Created by and for the Progressive Ruling Class

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3/8/2023

Secession Is Inevitable. It’s about When, Not If

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3/2/2023

Why Madison and Hamilton Were Wrong About Republics

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2/21/2023

When the Private Sector Is the Enemy

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2/15/2023

Why the 1787 Constitution Did Not Bring Republican Government to America

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2/11/2023

Another Recession Sign: Part-Time Work Is Growing Faster than Full-Time Work

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2/9/2023

Social Security Taxes Aren’t ‘Your’ Money

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2/3/2023

Raise the Social Security Age to (At Least) 75

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1/28/2023

Why the Fed Is Bankrupt and Why That Means More Inflation

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1/19/2023

The Fed Is a Purely Political Institution, and It’s Definitely Not a Bank.

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1/17/2023

The Constitution Failed. It Secured Neither Peace nor Freedom.

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1/12/2023

Southwest’s Meltdown Reminds Us We Must End Airlines’ Corporate Welfare

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1/6/2023

Money-Supply Growth Turns Negative for First Time in 33 Years

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1/4/2023

Since Covid Lockdowns, New York Lost More of Its Population than Any Other State

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12/26/2022

Why Are So Many Men Leaving the Workforce?

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12/24/2022

Why the US Regime Allows Self-Determination for Foreigners, But Not for Americans

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12/22/2022

The Jobs ‘Boom’ Isn’t So Hot When We Remember Nearly Six Million Men Are Missing from the Workforce

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12/10/2022

As the Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Congress Wants to Spend Even More on ‘Defense’

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12/8/2022

How the State Seized Control of Marriage

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12/3/2022

The Housing Boom Is Already Over. Get Ready for Even Higher Prices.

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11/18/2022

The Election Won’t Change Much in DC. The Real Battle Is Now in the States.

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11/11/2022

The Number of Employed Workers Fell in October and Price Inflation Continues to Outpace Wages

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11/7/2022

How the Soviets ‘Fixed’ Inflation, But Ruined the Economy

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11/5/2022

Without Easy Money from the Fed, Home Prices Will Keep Falling

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10/28/2022

It’s Time To Abandon America’s Fetish for ‘Unconditional Surrender’

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10/27/2022

Housing Is Getting Less Affordable. Governments Are Making It Worse.

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10/21/2022

On Secession and Small States

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10/10/2022

The Fed’s ‘Full Employment’ Mandate Is a Mandate for Inflation

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9/20/2022

August’s Price Inflation Soared, and That Means Earnings Fell Yet Again

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9/15/2022

How Monarchs Became Servants of the State

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9/14/2022

Falling Military Recruitment Is Another Sign of Waning Faith in the Regime

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8/26/2022

Is Nationalism a Good Thing? That Depends.

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7/27/2022

NATO Plans to Rip Off Americans Even More as Sweden and Finland Set to Join

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5/21/2022

Expect Washington To Throw a Fit over China’s New Deal with the Solomon Islands

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4/21/2022

The Ukraine War Shows Nukes Mean Safety from US-Led Regime Change

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4/12/2022

The War Party Wants a New Cold War, and the Money that Comes with It

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2/14/2022

Why Commies Hate Your Thanksgiving Dinner

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11/26/2021

With Low Vaccination Rates, Africa’s Covid Deaths Remain Far Below Europe and the US

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11/24/2021

The Oklahoma National Guard Refused the Vax Mandate. The Pentagon Is Not Pleased.

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11/19/2021