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Government & Liberty
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The US Government Really Needs to Stop Bullying Everyone
Opinion -The United States government has - since at least World War II - been a titanic bully. On the world stage - and domestically. -
The FBI’s Biden-Era Murder Estimates Are Far Below the Number of Homicides Recorded on Death Certificates
Opinion -The Biden administration FBI inexplicably revised its pre-Biden murder data all the way back to 2003, elevating the counts in certain years by up to 7%. The FBI made these unprecedented alterations without so much as a footnote to inform the public. -
Taking Private Land for Public… Nothing
Opinion -The Fifth Amendment is an essential part of the Bill of Rights, ensuring, “nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.” -
Improving DC: Gov Can’t Get More Efficient – So Make It MUCH Smaller
Opinion -Congress should authorize spectrum auction authority - for the NTIA. And then Musk and Ramaswamy - should shut down the FCC. As in: End it - don’t futilely attempt to mend it. -
Who Decides What’s a Public Road?
Opinion -The ongoing question is, “Who decides whether a road is public?” Now another federal court has again told the government, “Not you.” -
Today: The Business of America – Is Government. Here’s Hoping Trump Addresses That
Opinion -Under Trump, small businesses are seeing in their future less taxes and fewer regs. Which is good for their actual business models. -
The U.S. Is Having Yet Another Titanically Fraudulent Election Season
Opinion -The United States is in the midst of yet another exceedingly idiotic Election Season. We used to just have an Election Day. After which we knew the results - Election Night. -
Real Violent Crime Trends
Opinion -Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, media outlets, and so-called “fact checkers” are claiming that “violent crime is near a 50-year low.” In contrast, Donald Trump is alleging that “crime is worse than it’s ever been.” The reality is that all of them are wrong. -
PRESS RELEASE: The Heartland Institute and Solidarity Labor Union Leaders Take Historic Steps to Oppose UN Climate Activism
Opinion -Press Release -Solidarity labor union leaders and The Heartland signed an historic agreement to work together to preserve conventional energy and oppose the UN's oppressive climate change agenda. -
Happy Constitution Day!
Opinion -Defense of the Constitution remains the foremost duty of American citizens. There are, alas, Americans who reject the document's principles. -
PRESS RELEASE: About Trump Highlighting Our Polls and Research Revealing Widespread Illegal Mail-in Voting in 2020
Opinion -Press Release -Trump is right: Results of a Heartland/Rasmussen poll found more than one-in-four mail-in voters admitted casting illegal ballots in 2020. -
Kamala Harris Is More Radical on Her Energy Policies than Joe Biden
Opinion -Kamala Harris is oblivious to humanity’s addiction to oil as she is to these two basic facts: In a world Kamala wants to be dominated by wind turbines and solar panels, to generate occasional electricity whenever the wind blows or the sun shines, there will be nothing to “electrify” as there will be nothing that needs electricity. […] -
New Poll Shows Americans Are Very Worried about Election Integrity
Opinion -Free and fair elections are the bedrock of a well-functioning society. As history has shown, once the populace loses faith in the integrity of the election process, very bad things can follow. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: President Biden Still Trailing Trump, Appears to Be Hurting Democrats Down Ticket
Opinion -Press Release -Poll conducted as Democrats started to openly call for President Biden to remove himself from ticket. -
Heartland/Rasmussen Poll: Most Battleground Voters Reject European Union ESG Systems on U.S. Businesses and Support Laws to Limit Use of ESG in United States
Opinion -Press Release -Vast majority of swing state voters who are familiar with ESG scores support laws that would stop use of ESG scores by financial institutions and public companies. -
Something Is Wrong
Opinion -It is incumbent upon us, as a people, to stop ignoring or making excuses for those who speak words of death. -
A Street View of Communist Countries
Opinion -The media like to portray Cuba as a vibrant place, Latin culture plus classic cars. The street view is entirely different. -
Outdated and Inaccurate Voter Registration Rolls Subvert Election Integrity
Opinion -With less than five months before the 2024 election, it is absolutely imperative that all states—not just Arizona, Michigan, and Nevada—clean up their voter rolls. -
Events at Tiananmen Square, 35 Years Ago This Week
Opinion -Change often comes slowly, particularly in a place such as China with its strong traditions of respect for the past and authoritarian rule. -
Trump Trial Aftermath – GOP Must Implement Legal Reforms Preventing Political Bias
Opinion -To salvage a fair legal system and prevent America from slipping into a banana republic, Republicans must act immediately and forcefully upon gaining control of Congress and state legislatures in January 2025. -
NRA Victory at SCOTUS Today in NRA v. Vullo, a Coerced Speech Case
Opinion -"The First Amendment prohibits government officials from wielding their power selectively to punish or suppress speech, directly or (as alleged here) through private intermediaries." -
Did Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Mislead Congress About a U.S. CBDC?
Opinion -Because CBDCs are digital and controllable by a centralized authority, they can be embedded with features that allow governments, banks, or other authorized institutions to monitor what people are purchasing with CBDCs, or prevent purchases from occurring altogether. -
Study: 10% to 27% of Non-Citizens Are Illegally Registered to Vote
Opinion -In presidential elections, roughly half of non-citizens who are registered turn out to vote. Given that about 10% to 27% of them are currently registered, this means about 5% to 13% of them will illegally vote in the 2024 presidential and congressional elections. -
Protecting Property Rights from Squatters
Opinion -Designating thieves as “tenants” and arresting homeowners for trying to take their houses back is outrageous and un-American.