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Central Bank Folly and Its Repercussions

By Neland Nobel Most readers are likely familiar with discussions concerning Quantitative Easing.  This was pioneered by Japan’s central bank and modified and emulated by many central banks around the world. Its adoption by US authorities was vital as the Federal Reserve acts as the defacto central bank, of central banks.  While arcane, it basically is […]

The Right to Stay Silent

By Sherif Girgis Today [December 5] , the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in a blockbuster free speech case. The case, 303 Creative v. Elenis, presents a crucial question about free-speech rights. What government interests, if any, could ever justify compelling someone “to speak or stay silent”? The case involves Lorie Smith, a website and graphic designer […]

298K Maricopa County Early Votes Didn’t Have Proper Chain of Custody

By Catherine Salgado In the latest news about the second massively fraudulent election in Arizona in the last few years (the 2022 midterm elections), “298,000 Early Votes Did Not Have The Proper Chain Of Custody” in Maricopa County, a violation of Arizona election law. I guess that’s why a recent survey of Arizona election workers, volunteer attorneys, […]

Our Most Important Report of the Midterm: Election Fraud, It’s Voter Roll Manipulation – Not Ballot Gathering!

By Joe Hoft If you do not embrace, with both arms, that Leftists and RINOs use a multi-faceted, 40 years-in-the-making, industrial-scale voter fraud system, centering on voter roll tampering and manipulation, aided by elected officials, NGOs, protected by the mainstream press and conservative controlled opposition, you cannot be part of its remediation. This week, we […]

‘Twitter Files: Part Two’ Confirms The Tech Giant Has Been Shadowbanning Conservatives For Years

By Shawn Fleetwood A new batch of internal Twitter communication records released on Thursday confirm the tech giant has been shadowbanning prominent conservative accounts without users’ knowledge for years, despite former CEO Jack Dorsey previously claiming otherwise. Released by Bari Weiss, editor of The Free Press, the new “Twitter Files” reveal the company created blacklists designed to […]

Taiwan Semiconductor’s Travails in Phoenix

By Craig J. Cantoni Lessons about American education and bureaucracy. A recent Wall Street Journal news story detailed the problems encountered by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in getting a $12 billion plant up and running in Phoenix.  The company is planning to produce state-of-the-art 3-nanometer chips at the plant. The company cited federal regulatory requirements, […]

Recent Stories Illustrating ‘Education’ Can Be Worse Than Ignorance

By Catherine Salgado “Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.” —GK Chesterton In case you were blissfully unaware lately of the perverted craziness increasingly dominating American educational institutions, I bring you three reminders that sometimes “education” is worse than ignorance. The Founding Fathers, who dreamed of a classical education for everyone, would […]

A Midterm Reality Check

By Paul Gottfried The Nov. 8 midterm election, which was preceded by early voting that invariably favors the Democrats, has come and gone. On the basis of what we now know, the Republicans have a small majority in the House of Representatives and—since their misfortune increased Tuesday through Hershel Walker’s loss to Sen. Rachael Warnock […]

Preliminary Border Data: Record Number of Apprehensions, Gotaways in November

By Bethany Blankley Preliminary U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by The Center Square from a border agent shows record numbers of apprehensions and gotaways at the southern border in November. Agents apprehended 212,608 illegal foreign nationals and recorded at least 93,461 who evaded law enforcement and are now living illegally somewhere in the […]

Arizona GOP Seeks Investigation of Katie Hobbs for Pushing for Twitter Censorship

By Fred Lucas Two days after the Arizona Republican Party requested an investigation, the state’s GOP attorney general isn’t saying whether his office will look into specific actions of Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, a Democrat. Hobbs, Arizona’s outgoing secretary of state, flagged certain tweets last year in her official capacity that Twitter then removed. Her interaction with Twitter was […]

Kari Lake Files Election Challenge in Arizona Court

By Ben Whedon The former conservative media personality warned throughout her gubernatorial bid that the state’s election system was mired in voter fraud. Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake on Friday announced that she had filed an election challenge, alleging that the total number of illegal votes was greater than her opponent’s margin of victory. […]

Interrogated by Cruz, Diplomat Gives False Testimony About Biden’s Billion Dollar Bribe

By James D. Agresti During a November 30th hearing of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a senior State Department official gave false testimony about a billion dollar bribery scandal involving Joe Biden. The official, George Kent, is President Biden’s appointee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Estonia. At Kent’s nomination hearing, Senator Ted Cruz (R–TX) questioned him about Biden’s actions […]

Biden Says He Has More Important Things To Do Than Visit the U.S.-Mexico Border

By Tom Joyce (The Center Square) – President Joe Biden visited Arizona on Tuesday but did not visit the U.S.-Mexico border. He visited the state to tour a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility in the process of being constructed in Phoenix, Arizona. When a reporter asked Biden why he would come to Arizona and not […]

Buried in the ‘Bipartisan’ Immigration Bill Is an INSANE Provision That Republicans Have No Business Supporting

By Chris Queen A few years ago, one of my closest friends went on a mission trip to Honduras with one of the missions our church supports there. He fell in love with a young woman who was helping the mission with their work, and he wound up making several trips back to spend time […]