The Post-Partisan Emporium

  The Government Lies Just Keep On Coming Candidates don’t understand that a truly strong America means fundamental rights and no wars Philip Giraldi The Framers of the United States Constitution understood several things very clearly from their experience as a colonial vassal state with only limited legislative or self-governing authority under the rule of Britain’s King George III. That principle lesson learned, justifying a revolution, was that the leader or ruler of a nation must not be allowed to unilaterally initiate armed conflicts because war is the greatest calamity that can afflict a nation and its people. That was why the US president under the balance of powers had no ability under the Constitution to initiate a war on his or her own authority. It required an act of war approved by Congress with the legislature also providing the funding and most of the manpower through voluntary levies from the state militias as the national army was deliberately small. And why might a...

  The Sound of Enforced Silence Balloons fall after Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech at the Democratic National Convention by  Chris Bentley  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0 . By Patrick Lawrence /   Original to ScheerPost Is there some connection, — not quite official but it may as well be— between censorship and presidential politics? I pose the question as a survivor of the Russiagate years, when illiberal liberals started talking about “free-speech absolutists,” and when corporate journalists cheered the censoring of unincorporated journalists so long as it was called “content moderation.”  I cannot answer my own question, honestly. But as this November’s elections draw near, a new and aggressive campaign to suppress dissent — in social media, at airports, on campuses, and elsewhere — is hard upon us. This is a trans–Atlantic, trans-national operation. Let us not fail to take note.  Straight off the top, you probably noticed that the Democratic Pa...

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  The Pro-Israel Right's "Israel Exception" – From Free Speech to "America First" – is Finally Dragged Into the Light Tucker Carlson's new scathing denunciation of Ben Shapiro and allies on Israel reveals long-hidden rifts. Glenn Greenwald (From l. to r): Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro The Trump-era American Right has carried  within it largely hidden but quite massive internal conflicts that have finally exploded into public view. It was long past time for these unsustainable – and glaringly self-negating – doctrinal inconsistencies to be fully aired and confronted.  Exactly that is finally happening in the wake of the Biden administration's steadfast, unlimited financing and arming of Israel's war in Gaza, including Biden's  request for an additional $14 billion for Israel's war , on top of the billions Israel automatically gets each year from the U.S. While Biden ...