Beware the Emergency State: Imperial, Unaccountable and Unconstitutional
By John W. Whitehead “For seven decades we have been yielding our most basic liberties to a secretive, unaccountable emergency state – a vast but…
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U.S. Government Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology
Activist Post Editor’s Note: Despite the many warnings about the increased privacy invasion from this technology, as well as evidence showing that it is far…
State Secrets and the National Security State
By Jacob G. Hornberger Inadvertently released federal documents reveal that U.S. officials have apparently secured a secret indictment against Julian Assange, the head of WikiLeaks…
It’s Starting: A Grocery Store in Indiana Can’t Process Food Stamp Payments Due to Govt. Shutdown
By Daisy Luther We weren’t expecting to see a loss of food stamp benefits until the end of January, but a grocery store in Indiana…
The Incredible Mueller-Russia Fiasco
By Scott Lazarowitz At the time of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the mainstream media had already launched their propaganda campaign against “fake news,” i.e….
Bipartisan Support for Gun Confiscation Is Growing
By José Niño Is gun confiscation coming to Congress? The 2018 midterm elections produced a split Congress with Democrats gaining control of the House and Republicans gaining…
Break the Cycle: In 2019, Say No to the Government’s Cruelty, Brutality and Abuse
By John W. Whitehead “The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”—Edmund Burke Folks, it’s time to break the cycle. Let’s make 2019 the…
44 Numbers From 2018 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe
By Michael Snyder Was 2018 everything that you expected it to be? Every year contains surprises, but 2018 truly turned out to be a year…
Guess What These Four Fastest Growing States Have in Common…
By Joe Jarvis Keep the federal government shut down and let the states set policy. “Non-essential” government workers… well then what the hell are they…
How Government Ruined Higher Education
By Anthony Mueller The rise of the costs of the American higher educational system began when expansion became the aim of education policy. The new…
Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) New Year’s “To-Do” List Includes More Small Cell Towers Near Homes
By Sue D. Crooks Most people have never heard of the CTIA and have no idea what they do. If you’re not okay with small…
Government Shutdown or Not, the Police State Will Continue to Flourish
By John W. Whitehead “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.”—Ludwig von Mises The government…
Audit Finds Government Spent $14 Million in Taxpayer Funds—to Hire 2 Border Patrol Agents (So Far)
By Daniel J. Mitchell What’s the most inefficient and wasteful part of the federal government? It’s impossible to answer that question without greater detail. Are we supposed…
Local Gov’t Says Merry Christmas by Using Eminent Domain to Take Small Business Owner’s Building
By Brittany Hunter For more than two decades, John Monem’s furniture store has been a staple of downtown Brockton, Massachusetts. But a week ago, city…