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About The Publisher

A veteran of Viet Nam, student of history (both American and film), Jeffrey Bennett has been broadcasting for over twenty-eight years as host of Perspectives on America, and later - 'Life, Liberty & All That Jazz.' Jeff is considered the voice of reason on the alternative media - providing a unique and distinctive broadcast style, including topics such as health and wellness, news, political satire - with a twist, education and editorial commentary on current events through the teaching of history. In addition, Jeff publishes The Federal Observer - a daily on-line publication, which co-authored and spear-headed a petition, which ultimately caused new legislation to be signed by President George W. Bush within 450 days of the events that rocked our world on September 11, 2001.

Whitehead ~ How a President Becomes a Dictator: by Executive Order!

“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.” ~ Ayn Rand

130 executive orders in under 100 days.

Sweeping powers claimed in the name of “security” and “efficiency.”

One president acting as lawmaker, enforcer, and judge.

No debate. No oversight. No limits.

This is how the Constitution dies – not with a coup, but with a pen.

The Unitary Executive Theory is no longer a theory – it’s the architecture of a dictatorship in motion. Continue reading

Ross: The Paper Prison

(An Essay Inspired by Gill Saunders)

Have you ever noticed how time sometimes seems to drag by at a snails pace, then before you know it, ten, even twenty, years have passed? So it is with my first glimpse into the realm of the dark side, as I’ve taken to calling it; my first introduction into the world of conspiracy theories. It sometimes seems as if it was just a short while ago that I first watched Aaron Russo’s documentary, From Freedom To Fascism. I still pull that dvd of that film out from time to time to watch it; if, for no other purpose, than to see just how far down the rabbit hole I’ve traveled. Continue reading

Smith: China’s Existential Threat to America

America may never go to war with China. But then again, with the way things stand at the moment, we could be at war with China any day now, simply through one small miscalculation on either country’s part. Most people know this, but they push it to the farthest reaches of their mind, because to really consider all that portends for the future of the world is purely mind numbingly horrific and a thing no one really wishes to see happen under any set of circumstances.

America is currently witnessing the early stages of what comes next — a China that not only seeks regional powers just as so many great powers do, but also a China that is preparing to shape the 21st Century in its image using social credit scores and an intrusive artificial intelligence operating its massive surveillance machine, totally different from the way the U.S. shaped the 20th Century, yet similar in the manner our leaders strived for dominance and superiority on the global stage, as we fought to preserve freedom and liberty both at home and abroad. Except China will be fighting for the rise of its power and the spread of Marxist-Maoist Communism and tyranny. Continue reading

Dickens: Addicted to Incongruity ~ The New Normal

Addicted to incongruity.

– Incongruous: absurd, ludicrous, ridiculous, unsuitable, discordant, contradictory, contrary.

‘Modern Politigencia’

The inmates in the monkey house, Congress, the opposite of progress, live up to their elucidation. All they seem to do is monkey around, accomplish next to nothing, and cause problems for the republic. Their primary primate goal is self-aggrandizement and amusement. They’ve even taken to flinging poo just like their simian namesakes. Continue reading

May 8, 2025: The Invasion continues

Ominous NEW Migrant Gang Emerges in America’s Biggest City as Dozens of Members Are Arrested
Disillusioned gangsters have splintered from Tren du Aragua to form an ‘Anti-Tren’ alliance terrorizing the streets of New York City.

In a shocking revelation on Tuesday, authorities said a targeted effort to crack down on the Tren du Aragua criminal enterprise in the city actually yielded unexpected results.

A total of 27 people were indicted on sweeping charges including racketeering, sex trafficking, drug, and firearms charges – but just six are current members of the feared Venezuelan gang… (Continue to full article)

Phoenix Among Cities Involved in DEA’s Largest Fentanyl Bust in History
The U.S. Department of Justice says Phoenix was one of the cities involved in a nationwide operation that led to the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) biggest drug bust in the agency’s history.

“This historic drug seizure, led by the DEA, is a significant blow against the Sinaloa Cartel that removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens from the scourge of fentanyl,” U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a news release. “This Department of Justice will continue working with our law enforcement partners to dismantle every cartel network operating illegally in the United States.”

In Phoenix, about $390,000 in cash was seized alongside 72 pounds of meth, nearly 29 pounds of fentanyl pills, 2.4 pounds of heroin and 11 pounds of cocaine… (Continue to full article)

California Woman Helped Hundreds of Illegal Migrants Get Green Cards with False Medical Records
A California woman has been convicted of aiding hundreds of illegal migrants in their efforts to obtain green cards by creating fraudulent medical records without authorization from a doctor, prosecutors said.

Chantelle Lavergne Woods of San Luis Obispo County pleaded guilty Monday to one count of presentation of false immigration document or application and one count of possession with intent to distribute phendimetrazine, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California announced.

The 54-year-old woman had been operating a clinic called “Medical Weight Loss and Immigration Services” that served as a front for her scheme beginning in February 2021, when prosecutors said she “knowingly misused the identities of three physicians to create hundreds of fraudulent documents pertaining to medical examinations of individuals seeking to register for a lawful permanent resident (LPR) card – commonly known as a ‘green card’ – or otherwise adjust their immigration status… (Continue to full article)

Trump Administration Ordered to Admit Thousands of Refugees
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to allow about 12,000 additional refugees into the country, rejecting the White House’s argument that approved migrants can be turned away if they did not arrive in the U.S. by early February.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued a previous court order meant the government only had to accept about 160 refugees who would be en route to the U.S. by Feb. 3, but U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead rebuffed that interpretation.

Faith-based refugee aid groups filed a lawsuit in February after President Trump issued an executive order that indefinitely suspended the U.S. Refugee Assistance Program (USRAP), created by Congress in 1980 for people fleeing persecution, wars or natural disasters in their home countries… (Continue to full article)

Trump’s Supreme Court Win Reins in Lower Courts
Trump has faced numerous legal challenges as federal judges have issued injunctions against his policies, particularly on immigration. In response, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the No Rogue Rulings Act, which seeks to limit federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions.

This follows a similar proposal by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), which confines judicial rulings to the parties directly involved. The Supreme Court recently ruled to allow the Trump administration to continue deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. The ruling permits deporting Venezuelan migrants suspected of gang ties to El Salvador. This decision comes after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg previously halted the deportations.

Prior to the ruling, Grassley explained his reasoning behind the No Rogue Rulings Act. “If the Supreme Court won’t act to rein in the lower courts, Congress must… (Continue to full article)

If We Can’t Deport Illegals, Here’s How We Can Make It Impossible to Stay
There’s an old saying when a bar is about to close for the night that goes something like, “you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.” It pretty much sums up how Americans feel about people in our country illegally, even if our courts won’t let President Trump deport them.

It’s truly incredible. President Biden allowed millions of illegals to pour across the southern border en masse and the courts did nothing. Now, in order to kick them out, the same judicial system wants each and every one to get a hearing, a process that would likely require not decades, but centuries… (Continue to full article)

Trump Must Give Some Venezuelan Migrants 21 Days’ Notice Before Deportations, Judge Rules
A federal judge in Colorado directed President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday to give Venezuelan migrants detained in that state notice 21 days in advance before any deportations under a law historically used only in wartime, and to inform them of their right to challenge their removal.

In a written ruling maintaining a temporary block within Colorado on deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney said the administration must tell the migrants in a language they understand that they have the right to consult a lawyer… (Continue to full article)

Kissmah AZZ!

Gorsuch, Roberts Side With Left-Leaning Supreme Court Justices in Immigration Ruling
Gorsuch and Roberts on Tuesday sided with left-leaning justices in an immigration appeals case, a narrow ruling that could portend the court’s future thinking amid a flurry of legal cases centered on immigration.

The 5-4 ruling in Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi centered on the government’s interpretation of a 60-day “voluntary departure” deadline, which authorities can use to allow certain immigrants deemed to be of “good moral character” to depart the U.S. on their own terms within that timeframe.

The Supreme Court ruled, with the backing of Roberts and Gorsuch, that any voluntary departure deadlines for immigrants under the 60-day departure time frame that fall on a weekend or on a legal holiday in the U.S. should be extended to the next business day…. (Continue to full article)

May 6, 2025: Hasta lo Bye-Bye

Bill to Require Arizona Hospitals to Inquire About Immigration Status Heads to Governor
Arizona lawmakers voted Monday to require hospitals to inquire whether patients are here illegally despite concerns it would deter some people from seeking care.

But the sponsor of Senate Bill 1268 says she doesn’t care.

“They should stay in their own country if they want to have care”… (Continue to full article)

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Admit Roughly 12,000 Refugees
A judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States under a court order partially blocking the president’s efforts to suspend the nation’s refugee admissions program.

The order from U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead followed arguments from the Justice Department and refugee resettlement agencies over how to interpret a federal appeals court ruling that significantly narrowed an earlier decision from Whitehead.

During a hearing last week, the administration said it should only have to process 160 refugees into the country and that it would likely appeal any order requiring it to admit thousands… (Continue to full article)

Nearly 50 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Southeast With Money and Guns
Police arrested 48 illegal immigrants over the course of a week in the Southeast as part of a larger operation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection partnered with the Homeland Security Investigations and local law enforcement for “Operation Magnolia,” a highway interdiction operation which resulted in the apprehension of migrants from Mexico, Nicaragua, Kazakhstan, Honduras, Colombia, and Guatemala in the last week of April. Three U.S. citizens were also arrested.

“If you attempt to smuggle narcotics, contraband, or illegal aliens through Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana, you will be caught, prosecuted, and put in jail… (Continue to full article)

Rubio Designates Haitian Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated two Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, adding to a list of transnational criminal organizations, including Mexican cartels and the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.

Rubio designated the violent Haitian gangs, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, as FTOs and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), saying they “are the primary source of instability and violence in Haiti” and pose “a direct threat to U.S. national security interests in our region.”

Gang members, known for killing and attacking Haitians, Haitian security forces, and Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission personnel, have vowed to overthrow the Haitian government… (Continue to full article)

GOP Criticize Arizona Governor’s Vetoes of Immigration Bills
Republicans Monday blasted Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ vetoes of bills designed to protect communities from criminal illegal immigrants.

The vetoes were two of 23 that Hobbs announced late Friday.

While Republicans hold majorities in both houses of the Legislature, they don’t have enough seats to override the Democratic governor’s vetoes… (Continue to full article)

Trump Administration Says It Will Pay Immigrants in the U.S. Illegally $1,000 to ‘Self-Deport
The Trump administration says it is going to pay immigrants in the United States illegally who’ve returned to their home country voluntarily $1,000 as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.

HEY… GTF OUT!!! (Continue to full article)

Migrant Arrests Piling Up in New Border ‘Military Zone
Border agents in the past week have arrested at least seven migrants for trespassing on military property while entering the United States illegally in southern New Mexico.

The numbers are piling up since the Department of the Interior transferred a 60-foot-wide strip of land running parallel to the U.S. border wall to the Department of Defense on April 15. That came in the wake of the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of troops to the Southwest border to stem illegal immigration… (Continue to full article)

White House Announces Number of Illegal Immigrant Registrations
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that 47,000 illegal immigrants had notified the government of their presence, after new regulations were introduced.

The figure for the 2 1/2 weeks since the Alien Registration Requirement (ARR) kicked in was part of a rundown of actions taken by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) since President Donald Trump’s return to office

The requirement puts those in the U.S. without legal status in a potentially no-win situation. Failure to register could lead to criminal prosecution, but informing the government where they are living and how long they have been in the U.S. without documentation could also lead to deportation or other actions… (Continue to full article)

Courts Can’t Put Politics — or Illegal Immigrants — Above the Law
After 100 days of Trump 2.0, America’s southern border is officially secure. Illegal border crossings are at their lowest levels in decades .

But President Trump’s push for border security, among other policies, has hit superfluous judicial roadblocks every step of the way. After the Trump administration refused to return two airplanes deporting illegal immigrants to El Salvador last month, the U.S. District Court for D.C. found probable cause to hold Trump in contempt, claiming the administration demonstrated a “willful disregard” for an emergency order to turn those flights around… (Continue to full article)

Nationwide Proposal to Remove Cellphones From Classrooms Introduced

As cellphone bans in schools are gaining steam in dozens of states, one lawmaker is taking it to the federal level by proposing legislation leading to cellphone-free schools.

Freshman Virginia Democratic Rep. Eugene Vindman has introduced the UNPLUGGED Act, which the lawmaker describes as the “first step in restoring quality education” by removing cellphones from classrooms.

The movement to ban the technology from classrooms has gained bipartisan popularity by several state lawmakers. State leaders on opposite sides of the political, ideological spectrums appear to have found common ground, saying phones in the classroom are distractions and contribute to mental health issues. Continue reading

Assassinating JFK Led to the Vietnam War

With April 30, 2025, being the 50th anniversary of North Vietnam’s defeat of the United States in the Vietnam War, it is worth revisiting the role that the U.S. national-security establishment’s assassination of President Kennedy played in that war.

The story begins with the war between JFK and the U.S. national-security establishment that broke out after the Bay of Pigs disaster soon after Kennedy assumed the presidency. The CIA was hoping to manipulate Kennedy into providing air support for the operation, but the scheme failed. Realizing what the CIA had done, Kennedy vowed to “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” For it’s part, the CIA was livid over what it believed was Kennedy’s cowardice, weakness, and incompetence for failing to come to the assistance of the Cuban exiles, all of whom were killed or captured by Cuba’s communist forces while invading the island. Continue reading

Smith: The Fall of Saigon and Vietnam: The Final Message…

By March 1969, the U.S. Army was under a new commander, General Creighton Abrams, and forces had peaked at 543,000 in country, as peace talks had begun and a new plan was underway for the “Vietnamization” of South Vietnam and the “pacification” of any remaining communists in the countryside, the hamlets and villages. Some ninety thousand North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers remained in the South, strewn throughout the countryside and in certain sanctuary villages sympathetic to the Ho Chi Minh brand of communism, just waiting for orders to mount attacks at a moment’s notice. Continue reading

Smith: ‘Nam – Some Came Home

One article from 1966 written by Francis FitzGerald, I found to be extremely thought provoking, even if it was written from a leftist perspective. She wrote, in part, painting a vivid picture:

“Before entering Saigon, the military traffic from Tan Son Nhut airfield slows in a choking blanket of its own exhaust. Where it crawls along to the narrow bridge in a frenzy of bicycles, pedicabs, and tri-Lambrettas, two piles of garbage mark the entrance to a new quarter of the city. Every evening a girl on spindle heels picks her way over the barier of rotting fruit and onto the sidewalk. Triumphant, she smiles at the boys who lounge at the soft-drink stand, and with a toss of her long earrings, climbs into a waiting Buick.

Behind her the alleyway carpeted with mud winds back past the facade of new houses into a maze of thatched huts and tin-roofed shacks called Bui Phat. One of the oldest of the refugee quarters, Bui Phat lies just across the river from the generous villas and tree-lined streets of French Saigon. On its tangle of footpaths, white-shirted boys push their Vespas past laborers in black pajamas and women carrying water on coolie poles. After twelve years and a flood of new refugees, Bui Phat is less an urban quarter than a compost of villages where peasants live with their children. The children run thick underfoot. The police, it is said, rarely enter the quarter for fear of a gang of teen-age boys whose leader, a young army deserter, reigns over Bui Phat.”
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Bennett: In the Garden of Eden A Tribute… and thanks

~ Forewords ~
October 1, 2017 ~ Several years ago on a reunion trip with several of my cohorts from the rice paddies, the boys went out for lunch, while I stayed behind at the hotel in Newport, California to make some notes and write a bit of remembrance. The three of us had spoken for several years about collaborating on a book about our time together over ‘there’ – but I began to realize that both of the guys were bullshit artists, and really had no desire to follow through, and so I decided to write a preface – to what I hope would become my story about the twenty-one months I spent in the Far East – VietNam. What came out of that several hours of peace, can be read HERE. I would highly recommend that you read it before you continue… but – at your discretion…

As for now – we pick up where we left off… ~ Jeffrey Bennett, Publisher and Veteran
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Dickens: Ridiculousness ~ What Is Wrong with You?

How can you see anything with your head that far up your derriere?

To our elected representatives in Congress, the opposite of progress, and all the other government decision-makers who tirelessly work all the angles, shake all the hands, kiss all the babies, make impossible promises, craft all the back-room deals, spend all our money on new and better ways to enrich their supporters and friends at our expense, concentrate your efforts on all the things that damage this republic, ignore the people who elected you, and cultivate the art of mendacity. It’s frustrating to see how you prioritize your interests over the nation’s well-being. Continue reading

POW Who Shared Cell With McCain Recounts Six-Year Ordeal

NOTE: Having served 21 month in the Nam and having now lived in Arizona for 49 years – allow me to state that I was NEVER a fan of McCain. As a prisoner – he was given better treatment than the rest of those who were held. Click on the link at the bottom of the column.  ~ Editor

He was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for a staggering six years. An Air Force pilot who shared a bond – and a prison cell – with the late Sen. John McCain is now sharing his story, as the nation marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon.

It was supposed to be his final scheduled flight over Vietnam. On Nov. 11, 1966, Orson Swindle was piloting an F-8 Crusader. He had already completed 205 missions when he was shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese.

“And we knew we were going to be beaten down. That was a given,” Swindle said.

He would spend the next 2,305 days as a prisoner at the infamous Hanoi Hilton, confined in brutal conditions where torture and starvation were common. He shared a cell with McCain, sleeping side by side for years. Continue reading

Dickens: Black Robed Bandits ~ The Courts are now in Charge!

In old movies, especially westerns, you could always tell the good guys from the bad guys, the hero from the villain, by the color of their clothes, especially their hats. Good guys wore white, and bad guys wore black. This was designed so audiences in the early silent-movie era could distinguish characters in black-and-white films.

The stereotype carries over into our modern thinking. Continue reading

EXPOSED: Secret War Raging on US Borders

One of the largest and most expensive secret wars in the history of these nations is targeting Canada, Mexico, and the US. Not only are lives and ruined communities at stake, but no one seems to be able to stop the carnage.

Native American communities on reservations, particularly those situated along borderlands. From Arizona to Montana, and even into territories that straddle the U.S.-Canada line, drug cartels have discovered both opportunity and immunity on tribal lands, and American Indian communities are paying the price. Continue reading

Why Aren’t Schools Taking Bulling Seriously? My Child’s Story and the System That Failed Us

Photo by Aaron Burden

My 12-year-old came home sobbing last week after months of weight-shaming by classmates. The teacher’s “solution”? Forcing a hollow apology that only fueled more cruelty. When I demanded action, the vice principal shrugged: “Kids will be kids.”

But here’s the reality… Continue reading

Rockwell: The Menace of “Public” Education

Parents are rightly concerned about what is happening in our “public” schools. Crazed “educators” are encouraging impressionable children to “transition” to another sex, as if such a thing was possible. Students are taught that sexual promiscuity is a good thing. They are brainwashed to accept socialist attacks on our free enterprise system.

What can we do about this disaster? The Trump Administration and anti-woke Governors like Ron deSantis have tried to solve the problem by issuing directives to the schools to eliminate the noxious programs and give parents more say-so about what their children are taught. But teachers who have been indoctrinating our children are well-entrenched, and it will be extremely difficult to curb their baleful influence. Continue reading

Easter: God’s Message of Grace and Justice

The Angel Declaring the Resurrection – (Gustave Doré)

Several years ago, I heard a very popular Christian speaker talk to a large audience for an hour. He said nothing heretical. He said nothing controversial. He just focused on the “unconditional” love of God. Again, nothing wrong with what he did say, but it is what he did not say that bothered me. He said nothing about repentance of sin. There is a reason Jesus said what he said in the above bible verse. And there is a reason John the Baptist introduced Jesus to the world with the exact same proclamation in Matthew 3:2: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

There is a popular trend going on in the American Christian church. The trend is to talk of the love of God without talking about the justice of God. But if you read the Bible, it is clear, there exists both the grace of God and the wrath of God, and Jesus Christ spoke of both. Continue reading