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Lysander Spooner is an important – and not exactly obscure – figure in the history of the liberty movement. He’s an idiosyncratic figure from the 19th century with no small cheerleading section in the 21st century. A bit of a throwback to a very different time, Spooner was a champion of the labor movement and was even a member of the First International at a time when socialists and anarchists coexisted peacefully within that movement. Perhaps one of the most interesting things about Spooner is that he ran a private company in direct competition with the United States Post Office....

Three different white liberals in authority roles within universities and activist movements have apologized this month for pretending to be black — and they aren’t the only ones to get caught lying about their racial identities. Satchuel Cole, an Indianapolis racial justice activist, apologized on Wednesday for misrepresenting her racial identity. “Friends, I need to take accountability for my actions and the harm that I have done. My deception and lies have hurt those I care most about. I have taken up space as a Black person while knowing I am white,” Cole wrote on Facebook. “I have used Blackness...

To make a fortune selling masks on Etsy, you needed three things. First, you needed to be familiar with the garment industry — ideally, already working in it. Second, you needed to be in or around Los Angeles. (Sorry, New Yorkers.) And third, you needed energy, because shipping tens of thousands of masks a month with a tiny crew meant working late into the night, then getting up early the next morning to do it all again, sometimes, while caring for kids in between. For those who went all in, the effort was worth it: some mom-and-pop Etsy shops became...

KISSIMMEE, FL—Joe Biden was taken out of the cooler in his campaign bus to give a speech at a campaign stop today, but oops! He forgot to put on clothes. No worries for the Biden campaign, though. The media quickly praised his "regal" and "elegant" outfit, calling it "majestic" and "presidential." "Look at that perfect business suit he's wearing -- looks like real presidential material to me!" said one CNN reporter before going off to write a puff piece on Kamala Harris' shoes. "He's quite a dresser -- really knows how to wear that stylish and elegant suit well," whispered...

---SNIP--- It isn’t just that it’s hard to conjure a similarly impactful moment 50 years later; it’s actually all but impossible to remember a time when the idea of a prime-time football game could cause such a stir. In 1970, ESPN was nine years from birth. Charles Dolan would not found the operation that would become HBO for four more months. Pro football had dabbled in games outside its Sunday comfort zone a little; the AFL would play games on Fridays and Saturdays. Mostly, though, if you were an NFL fan before Sept. 21, 1970, you got two games on...

Just getting vaccinated is not going to be enough to end this pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci made it clear during our interview earlier this week: There is no singular, winning public health intervention that will wipe out this novel coronavirus all on its own. "I said a combination of an effective vaccine and adherence to certain public-health principles will get us to the point where we want to be, by the end of 2021," Fauci said during a lunchtime call over pizza on Wednesday. "I never said just the vaccine. You never should abandon the public-health measures."

[snip] On CNN this morning, Irin Carmon, the New York magazine writer, arch-feminist CNN contributor, and author of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg fangirl book Notorious RBG -- placed behind her left shoulder on screen -- claimed it was their job "as journalists" to rip the Republicans for hypocrisy. She added if Republicans had a sense of shame: "We certainly would not have a Justice Brett Kavanaugh, after Christine Blasey Ford testified."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Apparently the war is on. The threats from democrats are coming, er, fast and furious. Nancy Pelosi says impeachment is at the ready. Egged on by Clinton water boy George Stephanopoulos Pelosi said she might impeach both Trump and Barr: “You want people to get out and vote, and even there’s no guarantee that the White House and Senate Republicans won’t try to push through a Supreme Court nomination in a lame-duck session,” ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos said during an interview with the Democratic leader on “This Week.” “Some have mentioned the possibility if they try to push through a...

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday officially designated three major U.S. cities as “anarchist jurisdictions” that allow “anarchy, violence, and destruction.” The DOJ included New York City, N.Y., Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash. on a newly established list created after President Donald Trump ordered identification and review of federally-funded cities allowing destructive rioting. The order came in a Sept. 2 memo entitled, “Memorandum on Reviewing Funding to State and Local Government Recipients That Are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities.” Trump’s memo had ordered Attorney General Bill Barr to “publish on the Department of Justice website a...

(CNSNews.com) - President Donald Trump is going to nominate somebody to the Supreme Court who "will be faithful to the Constitution." "Since when is that radical?" Levin asked on Sunday. Democrats, on the other hand, are attacking all of our institutions -- our schools, a vaccine, our borders, the courts, the Senate, the electoral system -- "because their attitude is, if we can't control everything, then burn it down." Video in article. "Look, they want to take over the Supreme Court. They're telling us this. They want to destroy the Senate. They're telling us this. They're in the midst of...

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Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Republicans were doing a “tremendous amount of damage to the institution of the Senate as well as to the legitimacy of the court,” by attempting to rush to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.

Throughout the COVID pandemic, it's become increasingly clear that certain types of businesses in particular can pose a serious COVID risk: those that are indoors with poor ventilation where people tend to gather close together. And while most states have now reopened the majority of businesses, Anthony Fauci, MD, the nation's leading immunologist, is warning that three specific businesses should stay closed amid COVID.

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The Department of Justice on Monday declared New York City, Seattle, and Portland, Oregon, as "anarchist jurisdictions" in the first move to rescind their federal funding, The Washington Times reports. President Donald Trump issued a memo earlier this month asking the DOJ to determine jurisdictions that it thought were not properly enforcing the law, as he repeatedly criticized cities led by Democrats for their response to the ongoing protests. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement that the cities "have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities."...

There is no vaccine for this kind of product, this kind of football, and there is no cure in sight for this football team. Worst Team In the NFL. M-E-S-S, Mess, Mess, Mess. This is on the head coach. There is, of course, blame to go around on everyone, starting at the top, with the owner, who was certain before 49ers 31, Jets 13 that there is a brilliant mind inside the head of Adam Gase. The brilliant mind was on the visiting sideline inside the head of Kyle Shanahan.

Rocker Bruce Springsteen revealed in a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone that Joe Biden wasn’t his first choice of Democrats vying to challenge President Donald Trump in the election. Springsteen also says white supremacy and white privilege and not “veins in our extremities, rather than an aorta that cuts through the very heart of the nation.” Springsteen said that he has found the last few years to be a “very disturbing time,” and that “overall, as somebody who was a born populist, I’ve got a little less faith in my neighbors than I had four years ago.” “White supremacy and...

If Joe Biden wins the November election, Democrats will try to pack the Supreme Court—and that’s just for starters. It didn’t take long after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death for the left to trot out arguments for packing the Supreme Court.“If the Democrats are unable to block Trump’s nominee, there is but one choice should Joe Biden win the White House and the Democrats take back a majority in the Senate: pack the Supreme Court,” argued an article at The Nation. “If McConnell pushes through a nominee, President Biden should pack the court,” ran a headline at the Washington Post.The New...

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A mob gathered in front of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s home in Washington, D.C. early this morning — banging bongos along with pots and pans. Neighbors were awakened with strobe lights and vile chants. In a separate video posted on Twitter – organizers of the mob action were seen practicing how to break down the senator’s front door. We must ensure that all of our elected leaders are protected. Video Thread: This morning, activists with @ShutDown_DC and @sunrisemvmt used strobe lights, instruments and chants to "wake up @LindseyGrahamSC" outside his house in Washington DC to demand he not confirm a replacement...