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[The following free culture work is an excerpt from Levers of Power, or the Ghost of Peter Cooper in All His Glory.] The propaganda-fueled extremism characteristic of Libertarian, “neoliberal” market fundamentalism has generated widespread disinformation regarding what was momentarily portrayed as among its most important agendas: abolishment of the Federal Reserve. When Alexander Hamilton, the well-groomed,Continue reading “THE FEDERAL RESERVE”

BY KEITH M. JUDGE There are two reasons Grover Cleveland won his second term in office: he and his opponent were disliked by The Left, who composed half the electorate, and Cleveland’s first term was relatively mild and interrupted by Benjamin Harrison, who capitulated to The Left’s monetary demands, but developed a reputation for sidingContinue reading “CAPITALISM”

BY KEITH M. JUDGE We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money isContinue reading “THE DEATH CULT ROBS, THEN KILLS THE TAXPAYERS”

BY KEITH M. JUDGE 2020 is the perfect year for a general strike. It’s a nice round number, sequential, and it’s the year that global leadership, and leadership, globally, was squarely tested and found sorely lacking. In the middle of December, 2019, The People’s Party of China silenced doctors in Wuhan, who attempted to warn eachContinue reading “TRUMP PANDEMIC TIMELINE”

BY KEITH M. JUDGE On the 16th of April, 2018, 6 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass a bipartisan bill designed to fortify The Office of Special Counsel, a position created at the request of President Grant. After The Civil War, Union soldiers expected something more than a lowly government office in TheContinue reading “UNITARY EXECUTIVE & RISE OF THE NEO-FEDERALISTS”

BY KEITH M. JUDGE The most critical issue right now is testing. Not only must everyone be tested, everyone must submit to being tested. I’m sorry, that’s just the way it is. This is not something everyone does voluntarily. This is a matter of civic duty. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the next batchContinue reading “AMERICA’S FASCSISTS DO THE ASTROTURF”