They’re Not “Interfering With Law Enforcement.” They’re Responding to Constitutional Violations.
In “Why are Americans interfering with law enforcement?”, Joe Palaggi argues that protests, filming federal agents, and civilian engagement with police activity amount to harmful interference that substitutes activism for formal reform. The Hill published this opinion on February 12, 2026. But this framing misses the root cause of the unrest. Americans aren’t inconvenienced spectators. […]
Deportation, Delivered With a Side of Requests
The Trump White House insisted foreign policy was finally being run like a business. No more freeloaders. No more favors. Everything would be transactional, efficient, and hard-nosed. Which is why it is useful to read the paperwork and see just how flexible those principles became once deportations were on the table. According to internal U.S. […]
ICE Agent’s iPhone Takes Center Stage in Renee Good Shooting — Because When the World Is Burning, Someone’s Gotta Get Good Lighting
In Minneapolis this week, federal immigration agent Jonathan Ross somehow managed to turn what should have been a serious law-enforcement encounter into the nation’s weirdest attempt at TikTokCop. As protests roiled after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, the centerpiece of the controversy wasn’t just the use of force — it was the fact […]
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, […]
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 — […]