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Maduro is getting what he deserved

It was almost six years ago — during the COVID-19 pandemic — that then-Attorney General Bill Barr called a “virtual press conference” to announce that the Justice Department was taking action against Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. “Today, I am here to talk about the former Maduro regime and its direct participation in narco-terrorism, corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking,” Barr said on March 26, 2020. “As you will hear, the Department of Justice is announcing the unsealing of a superseding indictment filed in the Southern District of New York against four ...

Cyberbullying: Getting to heart of matter

The Associated Press recently reported on the disturbing rise of deepfake bullying that is occurring in schools throughout the country. AI-generated technology allows users to maliciously alter classmates’ images and create videos of them. AP writer Heather Hollingsworth mentions an incident in a Louisiana middle school last year in which AI-generated nude images were created by two boys. Hollingsworth called this “a nightmare for the victims” due to how these fabricated photos quickly circulate across social media and go viral. And it’s not just students that schools have to ...

Moral blackmailing of Americans

In Springfield, Illinois, in 1838, a young Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful speech decrying the “ravages of mob law” throughout the land. Lincoln’s opposition to anarchy of any kind was absolute and clarion: “There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.” Unfortunately, it seems that every few years, Americans must be reminded anew of Lincoln’s wisdom. This week’s lethal Immigration and Customs Enforcement standoff in the Twin Cities is but the latest instance of a yearslong baleful trend. On Wednesday, 37-year-old “queer activist” Renee Nicole ...

Trump’s plunder smashes freedom agenda

The Wall Street Journal editorial board has delivered its share of idiocies over the past few years, but its response to the capture of Nicolas Maduro has set a new standard. Calling the military intervention “justified” because Venezuela had allied with “Russia, China, Cuba, and Iran,” the board then declared triumphantly that “Mr. Trump is pursuing the Bush freedom agenda, at least in the Western Hemisphere.” Also living in a dream world is Sen. John Fetterman, who told Fox News, “We all wanted this man gone, and now he is gone. I think we should really appreciate ...

Tasks lie ahead in Venezuela

Dictator and narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in a thrilling nighttime raid on his palace in Caracas, Venezuela, in an operation codenamed Operation Absolute Resolve. Most Democrats and left-wing media figures have derided President Donald Trump’s actions as an unconstitutional, unauthorized declaration of war against Venezuela. But the fact is that the Biden administration and the Trump administration have never recognized Maduro as the legitimate leader of Venezuela. And the Biden administration even put a $25 million bounty on Maduro’s head for ...

There are ways to make billion dollars

For many years, whenever I’ve warned that an increasing portion of the nation’s wealth is falling into the hands of an ever-smaller number of people, the moneyed interests have responded: “But that’s just the free market,” or “the free market has decided they deserve it.” Rubbish. There’s no such thing as a “free market” to begin with. Today’s so-called “free market” is the outcome of political decisions over monopolization, labor organization, private property, finance, trade, taxes, and much more. Who’s behind these political decisions? Increasingly, the ...