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July 15, 2025

The surveillance state has a new disguise: public health. From wellness trackers to wearables, we’re entering a world where biometrics are being weaponized to monitor, profile, and control the populace. 

July 09, 2025

Under the guise of law and order, Trump’s 2025 megabill is laying the foundation for a permanent carceral state. This prison state is not about making America safe. It’s about following the blueprints for authoritarian control in order to lock down the country.

July 01, 2025

What are inalienable rights worth if they can be redefined, delayed, or revoked by executive order? The founders of this nation believed our rights come from God, not government. That we are born free, not made free by bureaucrats or judges. That among these rights—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—none can be taken away without destroying the very idea of government by consent. And yet that is precisely what’s happening.

July 15, 2025

The surveillance state has a new disguise: public health. From wellness trackers to wearables, we’re entering a world where biometrics are being weaponized to monitor, profile, and control the populace.

July 09, 2025

Under the guise of law and order, Trump’s 2025 megabill is laying the foundation for a permanent carceral state. This prison state is not about making America safe. It’s about following the blueprints for authoritarian control in order to lock down the country.

July 01, 2025

What are inalienable rights worth if they can be redefined, delayed, or revoked by executive order? The founders of this nation believed our rights come from God, not government. That we are born free, not made free by bureaucrats or judges. That among these rights—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—none can be taken away without destroying the very idea of government by consent. And yet that is precisely what’s happening. 

June 24, 2025

ICE has become the beta test—perfecting the merger of technology, policing, and executive power that could soon define American governance as a whole.

June 24, 2025

ICE has become the beta test—perfecting the merger of technology, policing, and executive power that could soon define American governance as a whole. 

June 18, 2025

While the U.S. bombs Yemen, funds wars in the Middle East, and props up its military empire, America’s infrastructure is collapsing. The real emergency is here at home.

June 18, 2025

While the U.S. bombs Yemen, funds wars in the Middle East, and props up its military empire, America’s infrastructure is collapsing. The real emergency is here at home.

June 10, 2025

The White House is staging a public spectacle of dominance: force in the streets, fear in immigrant communities, and theater in the capital. This is martial law without the declaration. And it's a threat to every American who still believes in free speech, protest, and constitutional limits.

June 10, 2025

The White House is staging a public spectacle of dominance: force in the streets, fear in immigrant communities, and theater in the capital. This is martial law without the declaration. And it's a threat to every American who still believes in free speech, protest, and constitutional limits.

June 03, 2025

What happens when predictive policing meets unaccountable power? Trump’s partnership with Palantir is creating a surveillance regime that turns every American into a suspect and every device into a tracking tool.

June 03, 2025

What happens when predictive policing meets unaccountable power? Trump’s partnership with Palantir is creating a surveillance regime that turns every American into a suspect and every device into a tracking tool.

May 29, 2025

We are rapidly moving from a society ruled by laws and due process to one ruled by algorithms and AI software. This is not innovation. This is institutionalized automation of tyranny.

May 29, 2025

We are rapidly moving from a society ruled by laws and due process to one ruled by algorithms and AI software. This is not innovation. This is institutionalized automation of tyranny.

May 20, 2025

What happens when citizenship becomes a reality show prize, a $5 million purchase, or a political loyalty test? The Trump Administration is turning a constitutional guarantee into a privilege for sale—undermining the Fourteenth Amendment and opening the door for citizenship to be redefined as a reward for the wealthy, the loyal, or the compliant.

May 20, 2025

What happens when citizenship becomes a reality show prize, a $5 million purchase, or a political loyalty test? The Trump Administration is turning a constitutional guarantee into a privilege for sale—undermining the Fourteenth Amendment and opening the door for citizenship to be redefined as a reward for the wealthy, the loyal, or the compliant.

May 13, 2025

Few modern political figures have done more to prompt spontaneous national discussions about the Bill of Rights and constitutional limits on government power than Donald Trump—if only because he tramples on them so frequently.

May 13, 2025

Few modern political figures have done more to prompt spontaneous national discussions about the Bill of Rights and constitutional limits on government power than Donald Trump—if only because he tramples on them so frequently.

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