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** THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024
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I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.
– Albert Einstein


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 1, 2024
Out-of-Control Spending and Debt Means More Tyranny ([link removed])
The federal government’s debt load just passed $35 trillion. According to usdebtclock.org, that amounts to $267,000 per taxpayer. It’s worth mentioning that that federal debt load does not include Social Security and Medicare obligations or the obligations arising from other “unfunded liabilities.” This fiscal situation is not getting any better. That’s because the federal government is spending more than it’s bringing in ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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JFK
The Kennedy Assassination: Fraudulent Photos, X-Rays, and Film ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Jacob Hornberger
Future of Freedom Foundation
U.S. MILITARY
U.S. Has Never Apologized to Somali Drone Strike Victims ([link removed])
by Nick Turse
Intercepthttps://theintercept.com/2024/07/25/somalia-airstrike-civilian-deaths-accountability/
This African Country Kicked Out the U.S. Did the Pentagon Lie About It? ([link removed])
by Nick Turse
Intercepthttps://theintercept.com/2024/07/24/niger-us-military-troops/
FIRST AMENDMENT
Federal Prosecutors Attacked Me for My Reporting ([link removed])
by Trevor Aaronson
The Intercepthttps://theintercept.com/2024/06/20/justice-department-fbi-journalist-isis/
FOREIGN POLICY
How Four U.S. Presidents Unleashed Economic Warfare Across the Globe ([link removed])
by Jeff Stein and Federica Cocco
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/us-sanction-countries-work/
DRUG WAR
Milton Friedman: “Crack Would Never Have Existed If You Had Not Had Drug Prohibition” ([link removed])
by Michael Chapman
Cato Institutehttps://www.cato.org/blog/milton-friedman-crack-would-never-have-existed-you-had-not-had-drug-prohibition
War on Drugs Hurts All with Cost, Ineffectiveness ([link removed])
by Mark Goldstein
Collegiate Timeshttps://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/war-on-drugs-hurts-all-with-cost-ineffectiveness/article_aef51a91-d8d2-5262-8f16-4529856b8ec2.html
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Trump Wants Police To Be Above the Law ([link removed])
by Billy Binion
Reasonhttps://reason.com/2024/07/28/trump-promises-police-immunity-from-prosecution/
WORLD WAR I
Who Are the Sleepwalkers? ([link removed])
by Eamonn Bellin
Liberty Fundhttps://lawliberty.org/who-are-the-sleepwalkers-in-the-pacific/?mc_cid=0c5e19a534&mc_eid=39ab5b7e90
WORLD WAR II
Dispelling the WWII Productivity Myth ([link removed])
by Alberto Mingardi
Liberty Fundhttps://lawliberty.org/book-review/dispelling-the-wwii-productivity-myth/


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