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A week of Contrast

Saturday, February 25, I attended the Idaho Second Amendment rally at the Capitol in Boise. A peaceful, powerful statement of the dedication Idaho citizens feel about their right to bear arms and their First Amendment right to peacefully assemble and freely express their views. The weather was perfect, with sun blessing the event from time […]

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The incredibly uncivil nature of ‘civil asset forfeiture’

A few days ago, I was directed to a YouTube video that prompted me to recall the danger, the unconstitutionality, and the uncivil nature of the practice called “civil asset forfeiture.” The first four minutes of the video featured President Trump and representatives of the National Sheriffs’ Association discussing the topic of asset forfeiture. The […]

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Critics Slam Congress for Creating an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth’

— Published with permission from The New American.com — Under the guise of countering foreign “propaganda,” the GOP-controlled Congress quietly passed a bill last week that will unleash even more government propaganda on humanity, while at the same time establishing what critics blasted as an Orwellian “Ministry of Truth.” The “bipartisan” but flatly unconstitutional scheme, […]

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Company Some Label ‘Fakebook’ Vows to Censor ‘Fake’ News

— Published with permission from The New American.com — Will it be just a clamp-down on what’s fake or an unfair shake? That’s the question now that social-media behemoth Facebook has vowed to combat “fake news.” As Business Insider reports, “Facebook is going to start fact-checking, labeling, and burying fake news and hoaxes in its […]

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Over 50 Nonprofits Demand Congress Act to Protect Free Speech as Deadline Looms

— Published with permission from the Tax Revolution Institute — Washington, DC — On October 1, the congressional deadline to prevent the IRS from trampling over the free-speech rights of nonprofits will expire, and more than four dozen organizations from across the country have now banded together to demand that Congress take action. In early […]

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