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Democrats are no longer coy about their disdain for constitutional freedoms. They used to put on a show, pretending to be champions of free speech and swearing that they didn't want to take our guns. Biden era leftists have abandoned all pretense and now sneer at freedoms that many of us hold dear. After they leveraged COVID panic to help usher Team Biden into the Oval Office.. they got tired of carrying on the fiction. Biden's puppet masters have been flying one freak flag after another .. Ketanji Brown Jackson is Joe Biden's legacy on the court .. a real...

Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) claimed Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Republicans were trying to take away Americans’ freedoms. Pritzker said, “Independents understand that, as Democrats do, that it’s the Republicans that are trying to take your freedoms away. It’s the Republicans that are trying to take away your Social Security and your Medicare. It’s the Republicans that are basically fighting against the working families of America.”

The Supreme Court issued opinions this morning at 10:00 a.m. There were eighteen cases remaining to be decided in the ten days remaining before the end of this term. You can go to this link to see this terms cases: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/terms/ot2022/ (The cases in which the description begins with "holding" means it has already been decided. The cases which description begins with "issue" means the opinion on the case has not yet been released). Today, the Court issued opinions on the following cases: United States v. Hansen, United States v. Texas, Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, and Samia v. United States....

Former President Bill Clinton argues the so-called gun debate can only be solved if some kind of consensus is reached on how to do it. During an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Clinton explained how he believed it would be done. However, he called the status quo “not rational.” “One thing that is pretty clear is whatever we do, we need to it more together,” he said. “And I think we need to start talking across this divide.” According to Clinton, those who broke away from long-held beliefs on Second Amendment issues faced consequences.

The Queensland Government has said unvaccinated residents will lose their freedoms on December 17, once the state is expected to reach its 80% vaccination mark. The state government told Queenslanders on Tuesday that those who have “done what we have asked of them” will be allowed to keep their freedoms as a “reward,” while the unvaccinated will be placed under heavy restrictions that will be enforced by state police. From December 17, authorities will be enforcing a ban on unvaccinated Queenslanders, prohibiting them from entering and working at most venues, including hotels, restaurants, cafes, pubs, cinemas, libraries, music and arts...

Thirsty punters, spendthrift shoppers and jubilant clubbers toasted England’s “freedom day” easing of Covid restrictions on Monday, even as many others saw little to celebrate. The end to limits on social mixing came as a relief to the hospitality, retail and events industries after more than a year of meagre takings The government says a mass vaccination campaign justifies the move, but a resurgence in virus cases has prompted widespread concern among scientists both at home and abroad. Nightclubs had been shut since March 2020, and many reopened at the stroke of midnight. For those filling Bar Fibre in the...

With all that is going on in our country, we did not know how deep it is or how wide. President Trump pulled back the curtain and we can see if we want to see. With the Justice Department, judges, and our government, plus the media... all are working against the people and against the Constitution. We say do not vote for a socialist... keep it out. Keep us free. It's already here.. if you don't feel it.. look around!

HUNT VALLEY, Md. (SBG) — Donald Trump may form a new political party following his departure from the White House. Trump discussed forming a "Patriot Party" last week with several aides and other people close to him, according to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal has reported. A "Patriot Party National Committee" website says it wants to “restore constitutional conservative leadership” and is “a movement for conservatives that have been left in the cold by the establishment GOP.” The platform promotes “responsible gun ownership,” “family values,” and “fiscal accountability.” Trump's connection to the group is unclear. Links...

Commentary The American colonists proved their patience with King George III. He proved their patience could run out. It was approximately 12 years between the first act issued by his Highness across the Atlantic and the first shots fired across Lexington and Concord. The King and Parliament had made clear their disdain for the colonists, who were surely no more recipients of the rights of Englishmen than any other subjugated specimen in the British Empire. They would be taxed without their consent. They would house British soldiers without their consent. They would purchase their goods from Britain without their consent....

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pushed back against notions that his coronavirus mitigations were designed to strip individual freedoms away from residents at his daily briefing on Thursday. “People may have the notion that we’re taking their freedoms away, but there are laws on the books that say the job of government…is to step in and try to reduce the disaster and save as many lives as we can,” he said. “We’ve put the science and facts out there throughout this…why those mitigations are in place. There are people who don’t want to believe them and say...

Waving signs that read such things as “I’d rather die of COVID than loneliness,” and “We are prisoners in our home,” residents of one nursing facility staged their own anti-lockdown protest along one of the busiest streets in Greeley, ... “Freedom, freedom, freedom,” one lady chanted while waving a sign that read “we want our families back.” ... Gov. Jared Polis’ mandates that do not allow nursing home residents to see their loved ones,.... ... protesting the lockdown as they enter their eighth month of no hugs, no smiles, no kisses from their loved ones. ... “The isolation is what...

https://prints.nrm.org/search/collection/four+freedoms At least we still have Freedom from Want -- for now. I wonder when that one will be on the chopping block along with the other three.

We want to express our deepest sympathies to the families and victims in El Paso and Dayton. As always, the NRA will work in good faith to pursue real solutions to the violence we witnessed this past weekend. Real solutions save lives – televised, choreographed spectacles don’t. In support of this goal, we appreciate the need for honest and open dialogue on how to stop these horrific murders. As a group that has advocated for Second Amendment freedoms for almost 150 years, we stand for only the safe and lawful use of firearms. Sadly, El Paso and Dayton were not...

The drug, which is legal for medical use in the majority of US states, is mainly prescribed to ease pain. But this new research conducted in Colorado - which was the first state to legalize - suggests that short-term pain relief could weaken the body's resilience to pain over time. The researchers, from the Swedish Medical Center, Colorado, analyzed around 260 people who were involved in minor vehicle accidents and admitted to trauma centers. Of these, 54 tested positive for recent marijuana use while 16 claimed they used the drug more or less every day.

Canada is one step closer to full marijuana legalization. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last month, “We are very much focused on the control and legalization of marijuana, because the current system is not working.” This past Thursday marked a day in Canadian history... The Canadian Senate passed legislation that would legalize recreational use of marijuana. The Senate approved the legislation 56 to 30 in a late-night vote. This vote has cleared one of the biggest obstacles for full legalization. Now the country is on the path to permitting national use of marijuana. It’s still unclear when recreational weed...

Do you still think you are free? What happens if you live off-grid? If you live independent of utilities, water, and sewer, and provide your own energy through solar panels, have your own sewer system, and use rainwater, you may run into problems with your local government. Robin Speroni of Cape Coral, Florida, was sued by local officials that her off-grid home was illegal, citing the International Property Maintenance Code. She was found guilty of not being hooked to the water supply. “Speroni is still being hassled by the municipality of Cape Coral for not having a connection to city...

In the wake of yet another vicious terror attack London and Melbourne just these last few days), the talk from politicians has just gotten much tougher. As the public calls for something to be done to lessen the threat to themselves and their families, the politicians have come up with a new and ingenious way of preventing madmen with cars and knives hurting you…increase web regulation. British Prime Minister began her bold speech with the words “Enough is enough” and went on to say that that there has been “far too much tolerance of extremism”. But her answer is unlikely...

The slow, drip-drip erosion of our liberties is a purely modern condition. Almost the entire course of history has been the story of power going from small groups to large groups and freedoms increasing; there have been lam-down on freedom and the occasional dictatorial grab, but on a global scale, societies have become more free. But the process is finally reversing, and although the illusion remains, we are actually doing this to ourselves through our language, our attitudes and our compliance. Language When we agree to speak in certain patterns, or begin including “state sponsored interjections” in our speech, we...

If our current ideals don’t allow us to exclude people who vow, “With your democratic laws, we will colonize you,” then those ideals are only for schlemiels It can be a good thing to be idealistic. But you’d better make sure you have the right ideals. As to this, the modern West is quickly becoming something non-Western — precisely because our ideals are now far less than ideal. It has often been noted that some among us use our freedoms to destroy our freedoms. George Soros, a real-life James Bond villain, comes to mind; other leftist entities such as the...

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