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** THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023
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What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty .... Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.
– Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts,
floor debate over the Second Amendment [1789]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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January 26, 2023
The Pentagon's Perpetual Crisis Machine ([link removed])
Given President Biden’s decision to send 31 of its top-ranked M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, it is clear that the Pentagon has decided to escalate its war against Russia. Biden’s decision was followed by Germany’s decision to deliver 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks to Ukraine. I’ll guarantee you there isn’t a Russian alive who doesn’t know about the time in the 1940s when ...
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What to Do about California's Mass Killings ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
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Future of Freedom Foundation
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NATO’s Phony (and Dangerous) Nonbelligerent Status Regarding the Ukraine War ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
Antiwar.com
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by Caitlin Johnstone
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by Marjorie Cohn
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The Ideas that Formed the Constitution: Virgil and other Poets ([link removed])
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Tenth Amendment Center
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How Local Cops Get Your Bank Records ([link removed])
by Andrew P. Napolitano
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No-knocking in North Carolina ([link removed])
by Radley Balko
The Watch
Alec Baldwin Didn’t Have to Talk to the Police. Neither Do You. ([link removed])
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“Seditious Conspiracy”: Trying to Do Unto Government as Government Does Unto You ([link removed])
by Thomas L. Knapp
Garrison Center
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New Book from Medical Doctor Alleges Forgery and Cover-Up in JFK Evidence ([link removed])
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