Eric Zuesse At the top, America is totally corrupt, and even blatantly so, especially in conservative circles (Alito being an example), but far more hypocritically so in liberal circles, as will be documented here. On June 20th, ProPublica, a Democratic Party billionaires’ non-profit site, headlined “Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire […]
Libertarian Institute, October 18, 2022 Joe Biden’s COVID Dictatorship Will Never End by Jim Bovard | The Biden administration formally decreed last week that America’s COVID “emergency” continues. That proclamation was tricky to reconcile with President Biden’s announcement last month on 60 Minutes: “The pandemic is over.” Apparently, that was malarkey—perhaps part of the Democratic […]
At The Duran, we are blessed to have a very open and broad range of viewpoints from our writers. Some of us are Trump conservatives like me, some are extreme statist / liberals. Everyone is certainly welcome to post opinion or their own views and analyses on major issues. When the news broke that there was […]
American Institute for Economic Research, March 24, 2021 Lockdown Tyranny: A Personal Retrospective James Bovard Over the past year, Americans’ rights and liberties have been ravaged worse than almost anyone expected at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fearmongering quickly proved the ticket for politicians to seize almost unlimited power. But heavy-handed government decrees were […]
American Institute for Economic Research, December 15, 2020 Covid and The Rise of Cage Keeper Democracy James Bovard The Covid pandemic this year has profoundly transformed the relationship of government to American citizens. Constitutional leashes have been obliterated as state and local politicians and officials have issued endless decrees that were vastly more effective at […]
ALITO & Pennsylvania, FACEBOOK fact checkers are liars, Texas SUES The Duran: Episode 822. No, The Georgia Vote-Counting Video Was Not ‘Debunked.’ Not Even Close A Big Tech-backed ‘fact’ ‘checking’ outfit claimed to debunk explosive evidence for Republicans’ claims of significant election problems in Georgia. It didn’t. The Georgia Vote-Counting Video Was Not ‘Debunked.’ Not […]
Alito signals SCOTUS will take on Pennsylvania case ****News Topic 192***** Alito Moves Up Deadline For Supreme Court Briefing In Pennsylvania Case, Bringing Within ‘Safe Harbor’ Window To Intervene Alito Moves Up Deadline For Supreme Court Briefing In Pennsylvania Case, Bringing Within ‘Safe Harbor’ Window To Intervene Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has made a […]
Plus: Justice Nino daydreams about mandatory polygamy"Unlike the exemption this Court approved in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., accommodating petitioner's religious belief in this case would not detrimentally affect others who do not share petitioner's belief. On that understanding, I join the Court's opinion."-- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, rulingwith a unanimous Court today in Holt v. Hobbsby KenThe case itself, this Holt v.
With the retirements of Tim Johnson (D-SC) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and the defeats of Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) this year, only 3 Democrats remain in the Senate who were among the 19 Dems who voted with the GOP on January 30, 2006 to cut off debate and, in effect, allow Alito to be confirmed to the
