Congressional investigators were rocked this weekend when the FBI notified them that five months of text messages from a top FBI investigator into the Trump campaign’s Russian connections had mysteriously vanished.The FBI-issued cell phone of Peter Strzok, whose...
James Bovard
Fed's Misconduct in Cliven Bundy Case Stems from Ruby Ridge
by James Bovard | Jan 15, 2018 | Featured Articles
Federal judge Gloria Navarro slammed the FBI and Justice Department on Monday, Jan. 8, for “outrageous” abuses and “flagrant misconduct” in the prosecution of Cliven Bundy and sons, the Nevada ranchers who spurred a high-profile standoff with the FBI and Bureau of...
Cliven Bundy-FBI Debacle: Another Example of Why the Feds Need to be Leashed
by James Bovard | Jan 5, 2018 | Featured Articles
The Justice Department was caught in another high-profile travesty last month that continues to reverberate through the western states. On Dec. 20, federal judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and others after...
Homeland Security’s Multi-Billion Dollar Comedy Show
by James Bovard | Dec 26, 2017 | Featured Articles
After the 9/11 attacks, Congress and the Bush administration pretended that unlimited federal spending was one of the best ways to thwart terrorist threats. In 2002, Congress created the Homeland Security Department (DHS), sweeping some of the most inept federal...
Yes, the FBI is America’s Secret Police
by James Bovard | Dec 11, 2017 | Featured Articles
Politifact delivered a “pants on fire” slam to Fox News on Friday because one of its commentators asserted that the Federal Bureau of Investigation “has become America's secret police.” The FBI has legions of new champions nowadays among liberals and Democrats who...
Thanksgiving Travel: Trump’s Holiday Gift is More Invasive Airport Security
by James Bovard | Nov 18, 2017 | Featured Articles
On the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump derided the Transportation Security Administration as a “total disaster.” But his administration is making TSA more intrusive and abusive while its 42,000 screeners remain as incompetent as ever. New TSA screening...
Do Trump’s Liberal Critics Seem Increasingly Unhinged?
by James Bovard | Nov 15, 2017 | Featured Articles
Last week’s anniversary of Trump’s election sparked widespread teeth-gnashing by the nation’s pundits. Trump is supposedly the gravest threat to American democracy since the secession of the Confederacy. His presidency, probably, continues to be a boon for...
Facebook Farce Shows Lawmaker Deviousness, Demagoguery
by James Bovard | Nov 4, 2017 | Featured Articles
The 2016 election was the first time in history that goofy advertisements were considered an act of war. The frenzy on Capitol Hill over a smattering of Russian advertisements would be comical except that most of the American media has jumped on the hysteria...
Torturer-in-Chief Turned Savior of Freedom?
by James Bovard | Oct 20, 2017 | Featured Articles
Former President George W. Bush gave a speech yesterday implicitly slamming President Donald Trump for dragging down democracy. Bush told political cronies and other attendees: “We are gathered in the cause of liberty this is a unique moment.” He assured listeners...
Donald Trump Didn’t Create Danger of Presidential Dictatorship, He Inherited it
by James Bovard | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured Articles
Americans nowadays have a bad attitude towards presidents. Many people are denouncing Donald Trump as a dictator. But the real problem in this nation is the dictatorial illiteracy that has allowed modern presidents to commandeer far too much power.Trump’s saber...
How World War One Still Haunts America
by James Bovard | Sep 23, 2017 | Featured Articles
This year is the 100th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson’s pulling America into World War I. Many people celebrate this centenary of America’s emergence as a world power. But at a time when the Trump administration is bombing or rattling sabers at half a dozen nations and...
Juggalo Blues: Their Beef With FBI No Laughing Matter
by James Bovard | Sep 21, 2017 | Featured Articles
Photo: James Bovard Despite being billed as a showdown of competing political protests and rallies, the only political action on the streets of Washington this past weekend were the raging clowns. They did not come to beat Nazis or chase Pro-Trumpers off the Mall, the...
Janet Reno: Saint or Tyrant?
by James Bovard | Sep 15, 2017 | Featured Articles
When former Attorney General Janet Reno died last November, the media heaped praise on her as if she had been justice incarnate. Reno had long enjoyed sainthood inside the Beltway; the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia even created a Janet Reno...
Ruby Ridge Lessons for Fighting Right-Wing Extremism
by James Bovard | Aug 29, 2017 | Featured Articles
In the wake of the protest in Charlottesville by white supremacists, many people are demanding a crackdown on dangerous right-wing extremists. The federal government has previously carried out similar campaigns against with disastrous results. Rather than...
End Democracy Promotion Balderdash
by James Bovard | Aug 11, 2017 | Featured Articles
The Trump administration’s foreign policy often resembles a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party or a loose cannon on a ship deck. But every now and then, a good idea emerges from the fracas. Such is the case with a reform that could sharply reduce America’s piety exports.Secretary...
Obama’s AWOL Antiwar Protest
by James Bovard | Jul 15, 2017 | Featured Articles
Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency in 2008 as a peace candidate. He signaled that he would fundamentally change America’s course after the reckless carnage unleashed by the George W. Bush administration. However, by the end of Obama’s presidency, the United...
Trump’s Reckless Syria Folly
by James Bovard | Jun 27, 2017 | Featured Articles
Last year on the campaign trail, crowds roared when Donald Trump denounced his opponent as "trigger-happy" Hillary. But President Trump is rapidly incarnating the vice he condemned. Nowhere is this more evident than in Syria, where Trump’s recklessness risks dragging...
Comey Fring Justly Knocks FBI off its Pedestal
by James Bovard | May 13, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Trump’s firing of FBI chief James Comey provides a welcome chance to dethrone the FBI from its pinnacle in American politics and life. Last September, Comey denounced Twitter "demagoguery" for the widespread belief that the FBI was not "honest" or...
Woodrow Wilson Made Democracy Unsafe for the World
by James Bovard | Apr 6, 2017 | Featured Articles
This week is the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson’s speech to Congress seeking a declaration of war against Germany. Many people celebrate this centenary of America’s emergence as a world power. But, when the Trump administration is bombing or rattling...
Trump Budget Cuts Bankroll New Waste
by James Bovard | Mar 20, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Trump’s proposed budget takes a big step towards draining the swamp in Washington. This is the first time since the Reagan era that a president has sought a wholesale demolition of boondoggles. On the other hand, Trump’s defense and homeland security...
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