NATION
House Republican Bill Would Keep Foreign Nationals From Voting In U.S. Federal Elections
Indigenous Chief Wants ‘Stolen’ Ben & Jerry’s HQ Land
217 Pages Reveal Obama Admin’s Building of Trump-Russia Narrative
Tucker Says Capitol Police Chief Told Him Jan. 6 Crowd Was ‘Filled’ With Feds
6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayorMainstream
Evidence of Covid ‘Vaccine’ Crimes Submitted to Florida Grand Jury Investigation
Here’s How Congress Can End The FBI’s Reign Of Terror Editor’s Comment: Too little, too late. DEFUND! Retract pensions! 7th floor to Guantanamo!
When Slave Owners Chose Federal Power over Local Sovereignty
A recurring theme in American politics is the cynical use of federal power by those who simultaneously pretend to favor “states’ rights” or “local control.” We see this today when Republicans one minute say they favor local control with gun laws or Obamacare—and then demand the federal government impose nationwide drug prohibitions. We see it among Democrats who want local control over “sanctuary cities” for illegal immigrants, but then denounce the idea that states ought to decide for themselves on abortion policy.
The basic logic goes like this: if you’re negotiating from a position of relative weakness at the federal level, take a faux “principled” stand in favor of local or state sovereignty. However, once it looks like you might have the political power necessary to force federal laws down everyone’s throat, declare the issue to be “too important to be left up to state or local control.”
This habit of declaring every “important” issue to be a matter for federal intervention is very much the story of American politics over the past century. From alcohol prohibition to social welfare benefits to an out-of-control FBI, American policymakers never tire of “discovering” new ways that every alleged problem must be solved by a federal “solution.”
WORLD
Globalist Dutch Government Collapses Possible Overstatement
Just Stop Oil Donor Received £110 Million in Green Subsidies from Taxpayer
A Showdown Is Coming Over Freedom of Expression in Europe
How the Taliban crushed the CIA’s heroin bonanza in Afghanistan
HEMISPHERE
CBC retracts accusations of interference by Alberta premier’s office over COVID prosecutions
How talks to free Nicaragua’s Bishop Álvarez failed
UN pleads for Haiti intervention force as vigilantes take on gangs
HEALTH
The ONE Supplement That All These Longevity Experts Are Taking! YT
MACRO
How Not to Abolish the Income Tax
South Korean Regulator Will Force Staff to Declare Crypto – Will Other Countries Follow Suit?
MICRO
Visualizing 1 Billion Square Feet of Empty Office Space
Tom Brady reportedly lost $30 million in FTX stock after cryptocurrency company’s collapse Mainstream
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
PARAHERESY
The Ancient Secret Of The Law Of Cycles YT
MONDO
Excuse Me Sir? Rumble
Brace Yourself For The War On Pets
The 90 million American domestic canines and 60 million American domestic felines leave behind a huge carbon pawprint (someone else thought that one up). Sparky and Mittens subsist largely on meat. Processed meat that has been cooked and bagged or canned and driven to your doorstep. How soon will be before the Ecozoterrorists chant “No more dogs” and vandalize veterinary hospitals?
America’s dogs and cats snarf down more than 200 petajoules worth of food per year — roughly the same as the entire human population of France. Which group smells better?
They came for the tetrapods but I wasn’t a tetrapod…
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