Welcome to the New USA™
Where Freedom Is Private, Rules Are Optional, and Power Comes With a Premium Plan Congratulations, traveler—you’ve arrived in the New United States of America, a bold experiment in Extreme Limited Government™. Here, we’ve streamlined democracy, outsourced accountability, and let the market decide almost everything (especially things you used to vote on). Please enjoy your stay, […]
How GOP “Limited Government” Leads to a Third-World Future for the United States
For decades, Republican leadership has insisted that “limited federal government” is the secret ingredient to American freedom. Less oversight, fewer rules, weaker institutions—because nothing says liberty like hoping powerful actors will restrain themselves out of kindness. According to this vision, once government steps aside, markets will behave, corporations will act ethically, and billionaires will suddenly […]
Once, Treason Laws Served Kings Against Their Rivals. Now the GOP Wants to Borrow the Crown
Treason™: Now Available as a Executive Order, Courtesy of Donald Trump One of the Founders’ quietest flexes was how paranoid they were about the word treason. Not paranoid like “red-strings on a corkboard,” but paranoid like “we just fought a king who used this word to kill his critics.” So when they wrote the Constitution, […]
The Party of “Law and Order” Meets the Party of “Finders Keepers”
When Donald Trump accepted a luxury jet from the government of Qatar, it wasn’t just another headline in the long-running series “Is This Allowed?” — it was a masterclass in how Republican leadership now treats public office like a personal Venmo account. Trump didn’t just accept the gift; he reportedly made it clear future presidents […]
For My Friends, a Pardon; For My Enemies, the Justice Department
Donald Trump has treated the justice system less like a neutral institution and more like a customer rewards program: commit crimes for him, get upgraded to First Class; oppose him, enjoy a surprise visit from federal prosecutors. On the “friends” side of the ledger, Trump famously pardoned Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Steve […]
“They really said what now?” A deeper look at Pete Hegseth’s Signalgate TOTAL EXONERATION
Pentagon says “Nothing to see here” , even though “here” involved war-plans on a group chat. So, the Pentagon has now declared a “TOTAL exoneration” of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Signalgate debacle. According to their internal review, the info he shared was technically declassified, so no crime was committed. (ABC News) But — […]