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Losing World War II

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill desperately tried to persuade United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to declare war on Germany and enter World War II. The U.S. president recognized Nazi Germany’s threat to Western civilization and U.S. interests but his intuition told him that the American people were not ready for battle. Complicating a proposed […]
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AfD Approaches 40% Support in East Germany as CDU Faction Announces Plans to Break Away and Cooperate With AfD

The political landscape is shifting in Germany as AfD approaches 40% support in the East and a CDU faction announces plans to break away and cooperate with the Right-wing party that the CDU leadership has refused to touch.
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N.Y. Post: Biden wants to defend democracy by making sure you can’t vote for Trump

New York Post, January 6, 2023 Biden wants to defend democracy by making sure you can’t vote for Trump by James Bovard Published Jan. 5, 2024, 7:26 p.m. ET “I understand power,” Biden boasted after finishing his speech to a small Democratic audience near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on Friday. Biden invoked the courage of George […]

“Voters Want to Punish the Tories”: Reform U.K. Rules Out Election Pact

Reform U.K. has categorically ruled out striking a General Election pact with the Conservative Party, with leader Richard Tice saying he believes voters want to "punish the Tories for breaking Britain".
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My Zestiest Zingers of 2023

Libertarian Institute, January 2, 2024 Bovard’s Zestiest Zingers of 2023 by Jim Bovard | 2023 was another godsend for cynics. Here’s a round-up of my zestiest lines from my articles in the past year. Some lines were tweaked for this collection. Hearty thanks to Hunter DeRensis and editors at other outlets who ran those articles […]
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How Much Longer Can Danes Snore While Their Security and Democracy are Being Stripped away and Danish Politics Increase the Risk of World War III?

It’s a damn good thing we have Washington to inform the Danes about what’s coming, right before Christmas when people are thinking about everything else. The procedure is completely obscene: An agreement is first signed (as with Norway, Finland and Sweden), and then it must (possibly) be approved by the Danish parliament: How on earth […]

Jimmy Lai’s Trial Marks the Death of Freedom in Hong Kong

Jimmy Lai, the 76-year-old British and Hong Kong citizen and founder of the Daily Apple, is on trial for "colluding with foreign forces", in a show of power from Beijing that marks the death of freedom in the territory.
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Should We Be Worried That Over a Third of Young People Want to Live Under a Dictatorship?

Over a third of young people want to live under a leader who ignores elections and parliaments, according to a recent poll. What's driving this love of authoritarianism and should we be worried?
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