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What happened in that manger in Bethlehem is only the beginning of the story.
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If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive the American Police State? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive the American Police State? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive the American Police State? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
Born poor. Labeled dangerous. Monitored, surveilled, and silenced for speaking truth to power. If Jesus were born today, would the American police state let him live?
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December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What happened in that manger in Bethlehem is only the beginning of the story.
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If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive the American Police State? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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If Jesus Were Born Today, Would He Survive the American Police State? | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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This Christmas, we might joke about Santa watching from the North Pole, but we should be far more concerned about the watchers much closer to home.
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The Surveillance State Is Making a Naughty List—and You’re On It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Surveillance State Is Making a Naughty List—and You’re On It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Surveillance State Is Making a Naughty List—and You’re On It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
Santa’s naughty list was a joke. The government’s isn’t.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This Christmas, we might joke about Santa watching from the North Pole, but we should be far more concerned about the watchers much closer to home.
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The Surveillance State Is Making a Naughty List—and You’re On It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Surveillance State Is Making a Naughty List—and You’re On It | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Constitution only works when the government stays chained to its limits. In 2025, those chains broke.
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Government Unchained: The Year the Constitution Lost Its Guardrails | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Government Unchained: The Year the Constitution Lost Its Guardrails | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Government Unchained: The Year the Constitution Lost Its Guardrails | By John & Nisha Whitehead
The Constitution only works when the government stays chained to its limits. In 2025, those chains broke.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Constitution only works when the government stays chained to its limits. In 2025, those chains broke.
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Government Unchained: The Year the Constitution Lost Its Guardrails | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Government Unchained: The Year the Constitution Lost Its Guardrails | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Military families deserve justice—and the Supreme Court denied it.
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Wearing a Military Uniform Shouldn’t Mean Losing Your Right to Justice
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Wearing a Military Uniform Shouldn’t Mean Losing Your Right to Justice
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December 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Military families deserve justice—and the Supreme Court denied it.
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Wearing a Military Uniform Shouldn’t Mean Losing Your Right to Justice
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Wearing a Military Uniform Shouldn’t Mean Losing Your Right to Justice
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What happens when the government demands loyalty to a leader instead of loyalty to the Constitution?
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The Constitution vs. the Commander-in-Chief: The Duty to Disobey Unlawful Orders | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Constitution vs. the Commander-in-Chief: The Duty to Disobey Unlawful Orders | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Constitution vs. the Commander-in-Chief: The Duty to Disobey Unlawful Orders | By John & Nisha Whitehead
What happens when the government demands loyalty to a leader instead of loyalty to the Constitution?
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December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What happens when the government demands loyalty to a leader instead of loyalty to the Constitution?
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The Constitution vs. the Commander-in-Chief: The Duty to Disobey Unlawful Orders | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Constitution vs. the Commander-in-Chief: The Duty to Disobey Unlawful Orders | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Constitution draws a clear line between freedom and the rule of law vs. rule without limits and the abuse of power. Your Giving Tuesday gift helps us hold that line.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Constitution draws a clear line between freedom and the rule of law vs. rule without limits and the abuse of power. Your Giving Tuesday gift helps us hold that line.
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A free people must do more than count their blessings—they must defend them.
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Giving Thanks for Our Blessings Means Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Police State Tyranny | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Giving Thanks for Our Blessings Means Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Police State Tyranny | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Say ‘No Thanks’ to Police State Tyranny | By John & Nisha Whitehead
Giving thanks for our blessings requires the courage to say ‘no thanks’ to tyranny.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A free people must do more than count their blessings—they must defend them.
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Giving Thanks for Our Blessings Means Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Police State Tyranny | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Giving Thanks for Our Blessings Means Saying ‘No Thanks’ to Police State Tyranny | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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A small intrusion. A big erosion of the Fourth Amendment.
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Your Car Is Protected by the Fourth Amendment. A K-9’s Snout Shouldn’t Change That
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Your Car Is Protected by the Fourth Amendment. A K-9’s Snout Shouldn’t Change That
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November 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A small intrusion. A big erosion of the Fourth Amendment.
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Your Car Is Protected by the Fourth Amendment. A K-9’s Snout Shouldn’t Change That
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Your Car Is Protected by the Fourth Amendment. A K-9’s Snout Shouldn’t Change That
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This is how a crime syndicate operates—not a constitutional republic.
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Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play Presidency | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play Presidency | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play Presidency | By John & Nisha Whitehead
Profiteering. Protection rackets. Pay-to-play politics. This is how a crime syndicate operates—not a constitutional republic.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is how a crime syndicate operates—not a constitutional republic.
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Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play Presidency | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Profiteering, Protection Rackets & a Pay-to-Play Presidency | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The American Dream has been sold to the highest bidders.
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Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State
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Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State
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Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State | By John & Nisha Whitehead
The American Dream has been sold to the highest bidders.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The American Dream has been sold to the highest bidders.
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Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State
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Who Really Owns America? The Banks, the Billionaires, and the Deep State
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The machinery of secrecy in government is now running at full throttle.
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A Loss for Transparency, a Win for Government Secrecy: Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder to Expose Corruption, Demand Accountability
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A Loss for Transparency, a Win for Government Secrecy: Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder to Expose Corruption, Demand Accountability
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November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The machinery of secrecy in government is now running at full throttle.
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A Loss for Transparency, a Win for Government Secrecy: Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder to Expose Corruption, Demand Accountability
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A Loss for Transparency, a Win for Government Secrecy: Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Harder to Expose Corruption, Demand Accountability
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Even presidency is for sale—brick by brick, ballroom by ballroom.
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Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government | By John & Nisha Whitehead
In the pay-to-play American police state, money doesn’t just talk—it arrests, surveils, and kills. Now the presidency itself is for sale—brick by brick, ballroom by ballroom.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Even presidency is for sale—brick by brick, ballroom by ballroom.
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Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Rule by Thieves: The Police State Becomes a Pay-to-Play Shadow Government | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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One tax at a time. One war at a time. One surveillance program at a time. The government is bleeding us dry.
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The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances | By John & Nisha Whitehead
One tax. One war. One surveillance program at a time—the government is bleeding us dry.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
One tax at a time. One war at a time. One surveillance program at a time. The government is bleeding us dry.
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The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The Vampire State: Feeding on Our Fear, Freedom and Finances | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Masked. Lawless. Unaccountable. ICE isn’t enforcing the law—it’s erasing it.
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Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America | By John & Nisha Whitehead
Masked. Lawless. Unaccountable. ICE isn’t enforcing the law—it’s erasing it.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Masked. Lawless. Unaccountable. ICE isn’t enforcing the law—it’s erasing it.
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Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Police State Bounty Hunters: The Rise of ICE’s Unconstitutional War on America | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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The presidency was never meant to be a franchise.
America is not for sale.
#RuleOfLaw #Kleptocracy #WeThePeople
America is not for sale.
#RuleOfLaw #Kleptocracy #WeThePeople
October 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The presidency was never meant to be a franchise.
America is not for sale.
#RuleOfLaw #Kleptocracy #WeThePeople
America is not for sale.
#RuleOfLaw #Kleptocracy #WeThePeople
When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order to wage war, we are all in danger.
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Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order to wage war, we are all in danger.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order to wage war, we are all in danger.
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Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Under the banner of “war,” the government is giving itself license to treat the American people as the enemy.
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Battlefield America: Trump’s War on the Enemy Within—the American People | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Battlefield America: Trump’s War on the Enemy Within—the American People | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Battlefield America: Trump’s War on the Enemy Within—the American People | By John & Nisha Whitehead
Under the banner of “war,” the government is giving itself license to treat the American people as the enemy.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Under the banner of “war,” the government is giving itself license to treat the American people as the enemy.
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Battlefield America: Trump’s War on the Enemy Within—the American People | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Battlefield America: Trump’s War on the Enemy Within—the American People | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS: Trump’s NSPM-7 secretly expands surveillance powers with no oversight, no transparency, no limits.
Unchecked power is unconstitutional power.
Swipe for the breakdown — and come back tomorrow for the full analysis. #surveillance
Unchecked power is unconstitutional power.
Swipe for the breakdown — and come back tomorrow for the full analysis. #surveillance
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS: Trump’s NSPM-7 secretly expands surveillance powers with no oversight, no transparency, no limits.
Unchecked power is unconstitutional power.
Swipe for the breakdown — and come back tomorrow for the full analysis. #surveillance
Unchecked power is unconstitutional power.
Swipe for the breakdown — and come back tomorrow for the full analysis. #surveillance
When dissent becomes terrorism, none of us are safe.
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Would Orwell Be Branded a Terrorist? The Government’s War on Thought Crimes | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Would Orwell Be Branded a Terrorist? The Government’s War on Thought Crimes | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Would Orwell Be Branded a Terrorist? The Government’s War on Thought Crimes
When opposing fascism is labeled terrorism, free thought itself becomes a crime.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
When dissent becomes terrorism, none of us are safe.
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Would Orwell Be Branded a Terrorist? The Government’s War on Thought Crimes | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Would Orwell Be Branded a Terrorist? The Government’s War on Thought Crimes | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Trump promised to “drain the swamp.” Instead, he institutionalized it:
– Cash for cronies
– Pardons for allies
– Billion-dollar family deals
– DOJ cover-ups
So much for making America great again. #RuleOfLaw #GovernmentCorruption #MakeAmericaFreeAgain
– Cash for cronies
– Pardons for allies
– Billion-dollar family deals
– DOJ cover-ups
So much for making America great again. #RuleOfLaw #GovernmentCorruption #MakeAmericaFreeAgain
September 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump promised to “drain the swamp.” Instead, he institutionalized it:
– Cash for cronies
– Pardons for allies
– Billion-dollar family deals
– DOJ cover-ups
So much for making America great again. #RuleOfLaw #GovernmentCorruption #MakeAmericaFreeAgain
– Cash for cronies
– Pardons for allies
– Billion-dollar family deals
– DOJ cover-ups
So much for making America great again. #RuleOfLaw #GovernmentCorruption #MakeAmericaFreeAgain
The Founders warned against standing armies. Their fears are becoming reality.
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Standing Armies at Home: Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Trump’s National Guard Takeover
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Standing Armies at Home: Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Trump’s National Guard Takeover
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September 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Founders warned against standing armies. Their fears are becoming reality.
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Standing Armies at Home: Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Trump’s National Guard Takeover
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Standing Armies at Home: Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Trump’s National Guard Takeover
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If you wouldn’t trust your worst political enemy with the powers of a dictator, don’t trust your favorite politician with them either.
On #ConstitutionDay, remember: liberty is not about party—it’s about principle.
On #ConstitutionDay, remember: liberty is not about party—it’s about principle.
September 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you wouldn’t trust your worst political enemy with the powers of a dictator, don’t trust your favorite politician with them either.
On #ConstitutionDay, remember: liberty is not about party—it’s about principle.
On #ConstitutionDay, remember: liberty is not about party—it’s about principle.
What does it mean when the government says it’s restoring the Constitution… while gutting your rights?
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Political Gaslighting: The Government’s Latest Playbook for Dismantling the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Political Gaslighting: The Government’s Latest Playbook for Dismantling the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Political Gaslighting: The Government’s Latest Playbook for Dismantling the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
What does it mean when the government says it’s restoring the Constitution… while gutting your rights?
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September 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What does it mean when the government says it’s restoring the Constitution… while gutting your rights?
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Political Gaslighting: The Government’s Latest Playbook for Dismantling the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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Political Gaslighting: The Government’s Latest Playbook for Dismantling the Constitution | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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They said it was for safety. They said it was for order. They always say it’s for something good… until it isn’t.
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How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs | By John & Nisha Whitehead
They said it was for safety. They said it was for order. They said it was for the good of the nation.
They always say it’s for something good… until it isn’t.
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September 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
They said it was for safety. They said it was for order. They always say it’s for something good… until it isn’t.
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How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs | By John & Nisha Whitehead
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When the government dictates what’s taught, it won’t be long before it dictates what’s preached, printed, and spoken.
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Court Rules: Trump Admin. Can’t Freeze Funding to Impose State-Sanctioned Ideology on Harvard
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Court Rules: Trump Admin. Can’t Freeze Funding to Impose State-Sanctioned Ideology on Harvard
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Court Rules: Trump Can’t Freeze Funding to Impose State-Sanctioned Ideology on Harvard
When the government dictates what’s taught, it won’t be long before it dictates what’s preached, printed, and spoken.
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September 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
When the government dictates what’s taught, it won’t be long before it dictates what’s preached, printed, and spoken.
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Court Rules: Trump Admin. Can’t Freeze Funding to Impose State-Sanctioned Ideology on Harvard
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Court Rules: Trump Admin. Can’t Freeze Funding to Impose State-Sanctioned Ideology on Harvard
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