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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.

Honoring 9/11 by Fixing America’s Immigration Laws

Twenty-four years ago, America awoke to the most horrific attack on our homeland since Pearl Harbor. A cloudless blue September morning was ripped apart by fire and steel, as two hijacked airliners slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. In New York, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, firemen and police officers — all perished as the towers collapsed in fire and smoke. In Washington, the Pentagon burned after another jet crashed into its western wall. And in the skies above Pennsylvania, ordinary Americans on Flight 93 fought back, sacrificing their own lives to stop a fourth attack. Continue reading

Whitehead ~ How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs

The Morning of 9/11, 2001

“The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.”Thomas Paine

* They said it was for safety.

* They said it was for order.

* They said it was for the good of the nation.

They always say it’s for something good… until it isn’t. 

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Smith: September 11th, 2001 and the Battle Between Civilizations – Islam Is Still America’s Enemy

To this day I still burn with rage as I recall the Islamic terrorist attack against America, with jets plowing into the Twin Trade Towers and setting in motion the horrific scene that followed. Many readers may not have even been born when the most heinous act in U.S. history unfolded on that fateful day of September 1st 2001, but for those of us who sat it in real time, whether on our television screens or the streets adjacent to the Towers, it was a scene that everyone who has ever loved America had seared into their mind and heart, as hot tears of grief and anger flowed down our faces. Continue reading

At the Epicenter of the Fentanyl Crisis

West Virginia leads the nation in accidental drug overdose deaths despite a 40 percent decrease.

Michael Cole, Lauren’s father and founder of Lauren’s Wish, visits Lauren’s grave at Fletcher Cemetery in Cheat Neck, W. Va., on Aug. 13, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The shadows lengthened as Michael Cole walked through the cemetery near sunset to his daughter’s grave, where he dropped to his knees and kissed the cool, dark stone of her marker.

Head bowed, his hands tenderly swept away bits of grass clinging to the headstone’s base, fingers lingering on shells and heart-shaped stones left as tribute to Lauren Cole’s life. She was 26. Continue reading

Smith: Freedom Delayed Is Freedom Denied

I have been carefully watching our nation evolve over the past two decades, as it has morphed into something unrecognizable, becoming more tyrannical with each passing day, month and year, regardless of whether or not it’s the Democratic Party or the Republican Party holding the reins of power.

And nothing much is changing under President Trump who has only succeeded in proving my assertions from 2016, that he is indeed a Big Spending, Big Government Dyed-in-the-Wool Old-Style Yellow Dog Democrat or simply a New York liberal without any core convictions, when it comes to Americans’ Inalienable God-given Rights and the Bill of Rights and defending them. Oh, he’ll certainly defend them for himself, when he is under attack, but he certainly doesn’t mind trampling on them for the rest of us, especially when there are trillions of dollars at stake. Continue reading

Dickens: It’s Mediocrates in Merka…

“The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.” ~ James Fenimore Cooper

“Meh… good enough…[Link]

Creating a culture of rewarding and celebrating conformity in being ordinary.

Unlike Socrates, Mediocrates is not a historically known individual but rather a satirical, fictional “god” or “philosopher” representing mediocrity and the pursuit of average intelligence or skill: Seek not to excel…

Mediocracy: a dominant class consisting of mediocre people, where mediocrity is celebrated and rewarded. Welcome to the herd.

Mediocre: of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.

The Socratic Method encourages argumentative and cooperative dialogue to stimulate critical thinking by posing questions and then responding to them, thereby eliciting ideas and information.

The Mediocratic Method accepts conventional wisdom without question. Continue reading

Slavo: Stanford University’s AI Job Warning

Stanford University has issued a chilling warning about the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs. The number of job opportunities for young professionals in AI-affected sectors across the United States has dropped by 13% over the past three years.

According to a report from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, AI is going to reduce the number of jobs available to human beings, and has already done so. Continue reading

Marquardt ~ You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy: Only if You’ve Had a Lobotomy or Been Educated in Today’s Schools

How many people do you know who still believe we have too much C02 on this earth?

How many people do you know who are letting their children being taught “sight words” to hinder their reading abilities.

How many people do you know who think fluoride is good for them?

How many people do you know who believe we must cease of all uses of fossil fuels and transit to only so-called Green energies that are destroying our land, water, and crops and killing us and other living creatures on this earth. Continue reading

Ross: the Paper Prison

I’m going to try to keep this as short as humanly possible, but I am not going to make any promises; I do get carried away sometimes. Before I get to the subject matter I wish to discuss, there is something I think I need to clarify. I call these things essays, but that’s not entirely accurate, the are opinion pieces; my opinion. I do not claim to be right, but I do my very best to provide sufficient evidence to support my opinion.

I have found that people do not want to read things that cause them to call into question their own opinions; they would rather read only those things that validate them. That, if you ask me, ensures that one will never grow; for if they refuse to question their own opinions, their own beliefs, then how will they ever know if they are based upon solid evidence; upon the truth? Continue reading

Whitehead ~ A Police State Presidency: When ‘Rule of Law‘ Becomes ‘Rule by Gunpoint

“The world will soon understand nothing can stop what is coming.” President Trump

Donald Trump has always been a master of imagery.

From his red MAGA hats to his choreographed rallies, he understands the language of spectacle. Now he has discovered the perfect propaganda machine: AI-generated images.

AI allows the creation of endless variations of Trump-as-warrior, Trump-as-enforcer, Trump-as-savior. These images spread across social media, replicated, remixed, and shared until they become familiar, even normalized.

The latest AI-generated images of Trump, shared on his social media accounts, depict him in the militarized black uniform of a SWAT officer, or in police dress blues.

These memes are carefully crafted signals of how Trump envisions power in America. Continue reading

Smith: Courage to Live Outside the Machine

As I researched Artificial Intelligence more intensely in recent days, I have found myself actually dreaming about all manner of things and events that reveal how a future controlled by A.I. might eventually lead the American people back to the most important things in life – spirituality and a belief in God and reconnecting with nature and the world around them in a positive way that aligns more with the principles of freedom and liberty than anything we have experienced in recent decades.

Perhaps all that is needed is for people to refuse to go along with it all, to unplug, to disconnect and refuse to be just another hackable component in the grand scheme of things, a thousand times removed from what God intended us to be as free born independent men and woman or closer to the sort of people we were when this country was first being settled, from the early 1500s to the early 1800s.

The youth of America would do well to learn and come to understand the rugged pioneer spirit that built this nation and to even strive to be more like those earliest colonists and our Founding Fathers, and to quit worrying about who is following them on Facebook or Instagram and how many “likes” they are receiving on their posts.

What follows was actually inspired by one of those dreams. ~ J.O.S.  Continue reading

DeWeese: The Growing Hopelessness of America’s Youth

Is the American dream dead? Well, here’s a shocker!

YOUR CHILDREN MAY NEVER HAVE A FAMILY AND OWN THEIR OWN HOME!!!

According to a new report from Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene, right now – today, only 12% of 30-year-old Americans are married and have a home of their own. Representative Green is working to stop the growing crisis for younger families. Here is her chart that clearly exposes it.

Marriage and homeownership were never just personal milestones. They were sovereignty anchors, forms of decentralized power that rooted individuals in community. They were family. They were the means for building personal family wealth and independence. Continue reading

Marquardt: The Devil Is in the Details

President Trump is making many valid changes. A major one is doing away with politically deceptive Department of Education (which Reagan wanted to do), thus returning our children’s learning back to the states and counties – where it belongs. The President has also eliminated the Evolution centric UNESCO education. Now, if we are going to have any hope of finishing the job, of removing the Marxist dumbing-down of our children those states and counties should, next destroy every textbook on every subject and start again from scratch. If (most likely the case) they do not, Trump’s action will be worthless – less than worthless – the average parent will think sound science, reason, and logic will have returned to the classroom. This is political deception of the highest order, visible in open leftist opposition.

The same problem holds true with the great scam of Climate Change. Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Continue reading

As Schools Increase Use of AI, Experts Warn of Impact on Children’s Development

‘AI creates an intellectual laziness … an erosion of curiosity, stunted cognitive development, and reduced problem solving!’

Pupils in a primary school class use AI for math lessons in Colomiers, France, on March 14, 2025. Matthieu Rondel/AFP

As tens of millions of children head back to school, parents and teachers are grappling with questions about how much artificial intelligence (AI) is too much.

The education system will be one of the primary laboratories for the global AI experiment, according to author Joe Allen.

Schools – to the extent that they either mandate or encourage the adoption of AI – are going to be massive petri dishes in which we’ll find out whether it’s better to maintain traditional cultural norms, or if we turn every child possible into a cyborg!Continue reading

Smith: Response to Mandani for Mayor

Editor’s Note: The following is an intense column written by Mr. Smith in response to the following link. In addition, Justin also published the following on his Substack page. ~ Editor

A sure indication that America is currently FUBAR — [F@#!ed] fouled-up beyond all recognition has once again been revealed by the dangerous rise of an ignorant, anti-American, anti-capitalist entitled, radical man-child Muslim communist to become the Democratic Party’s candidate for mayor of New York City, the hub of America’s economic system. The mere fact that a person such as Zohran Kwame Mamdani, who is aligned with and supported by some of the most radical communists and Muslim terrorists in America and abroad, could pull this off a mere twenty-four years after the worst case of Islamic terrorism in America makes one understand just how severely the Democrat Party’s multiculturalist, diversity immigration policies over the decades have damaged America.

The shockwaves of his victory are filtering through the air across the nation as though every septic tank in the nation has overflown and filled the air with the scent of shit, worse than living next door to a corporate operated hog farm. Continue reading

STUMP the TRUMP: The Insanity Moves Forward!

CNN Interrupted Mid-Broadcast for Hardest Blow to Trump Yet as President in ‘Crisis
CNN was halted for urgent breaking news in a developing story, as Donald Trump was handed his biggest blow yet in the second term of his presidency. As Trump vows a crackdown on crime in cities like Washington D.C., Philadelphia’s district attorney Larry Krasner has taken aim at the world leader, claiming he “wants to start a coup”.

“This is just a lie. It’s a lie in DC, it’s a lie in LA, it’s a lie in Chicago, it’s a lie in Philly and it’s a lie by a criminal who pardons criminals. You know, insurrectionists, people who are basically engaging in treason against the United States.

“Simply put, the only crisis here is Donald Trump and that’s because he wants a crisis, he wants a crisis so he can roll tanks in big cities and make it look normal, and he wants that because he intends to try to carry out a coup.”… (Continue to full article)

Court Finds Trump’s Tariffs an Illegal Use of Emergency Power, but Leaves Them in Place for Now
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs but left in place for now his effort to build a protectionist wall around the American economy.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Trump wasn’t legally allowed to declare national emergencies and impose import taxes on almost every country, a ruling that largely upheld a May decision by a specialized federal trade court in New York.

But the 7-4 court did not strike down the tariffs immediately, allowing his administration time to appeal to the Supreme Court… (Continue to full article)

Trump Moves to Rescind $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid, Earning Pushback From Capitol Hill
Trump is looking to claw back nearly $5 billion in foreign aid funds that Congress already approved, deploying a rarely used maneuver known as a pocket rescission to withhold funding without lawmakers’ authorization.

WTF – Over!

The move has prompted bipartisan pushback from Capitol Hill, with one top Republican calling it “unlawful.”

In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X by the White House Office of Management and Budget, the president said he was proposing “15 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $4.9 billion.” The cuts include funding for the State Department as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development and international development and assistance programs… (Continue to full article)

Clear Majority of US Voters, Including 3 in 4 Democrats, Want to End Weapons Support to Israel
As its genocidal actions in Gaza become more brazen by the day, support for Israel among Americans has reached a record low.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 60% of voters across all parties now say they oppose the United States sending more military aid to Israel, while just 32% say they support it. The pollster said it was the greatest amount of opposition it has recorded for the US-Israel alliance since it first asked the question in November 2023.

Opposition is even stronger among Democratic voters: 75% of them now oppose sending military aid to Israel, compared with just 18% who still support it… (Continue to full article)

Senate GOP Braces for Chaos as Trump Moves to Seize Control of the Fed
Senate Republicans are scrambling as Donald Trump escalates his effort to seize control of the Federal Reserve, blindsiding many in his own party by announcing the unprecedented firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook over unproven fraud claims.

The move, fueled by Trump loyalists amplifying accusations on social media, comes as he prepares to install loyalists on the board ahead of a key interest rate vote. While Cook challenges the ouster in court, GOP aides admit they’re bracing for chaos when Congress returns. “We just jumped into the unknown,” one senior Republican aide confessed… (Continue to full article)

Judge Blocks Trump Admin. From Expanding Fast-Track Deportations Nationwide
A federal judge on Friday blocked a Trump administration effort to expand fast-track deportations throughout the U.S. under a process known as expedited removal, indicating that officials are trampling on migrants’ due process through the policy’s expansion.

While it will almost certainly be appealed, Friday’s order is a major setback for the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, including its campaign to arrest asylum-seekers at immigration courthouses across the U.S. — an operation that has relied on the expansion of expedited removal.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb paused a January directive that had expanded the expedited removal policy — long limited to border areas and recent arrivals — to anywhere in the country and to those who arrived in the past two years.

But WHO is going to pick the lettuce and corn for us??? (Continue to full article)

Adidas, Walmart, Home Depot, and Other Major Brands Say Trump’s Tariffs Are Pushing Them to Raise Prices
Prices are expected to go up this year as many companies signal plans to raise them in response to President Donald Trump’s slew of tariffs

While firms raise prices for many reasons, some were blaming price hikes on tariffs long before Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” on April 2. That’s when he announced a 10% baseline tariff on imports from most countries, except Canada and Mexico, and a host of “reciprocal” tariffs on top of that.

The situation is fluid, as various countries continue to negotiate potential trade deals with the US.

Some economists have said that Trump’s tariffs — and the uncertainty with his overall trade policy — could lead companies to raise prices on the goods they produce…. (Continue to full article)

Trump: 275,000 Illegals Booted Off Social Security
Trump said Thursday that approximately 275,000 illegal immigrants have been purged from the Social Security database, as well as tens of thousands more beneficiaries over the age of 160 who were still receiving checks.

Trump spoke at the Oval Office to mark the 90th anniversary since the taxpayer-funded safety net for seniors was signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

We’ve already kicked nearly 275,000 illegal aliens off of the Social Security system. Many of them have already left the country, and yet we were sending them checks all the time.“… (Continue to full article)

In Trump’s Year of Cost-Cutting and Efficiency, National Debt Soars Past $37 Trillion
U.S. national debt has topped $37 trillion, drawing warnings from economists and business leaders. President Trump’s plan to repay the debt centers on tariffs, cost-cutting, and growth programs. Critics argue the impact is likely to be minimal. Meanwhile, White House deputy press secretary Kush Desai told Fortune the debt-to-GDP ratio has fallen under Trump and will keep improving with pro-growth policies and record tariff revenues.

Trump has got plenty of ideas about how he’ll address national debt: He’ll pay it down through tariffs, or offset some of the borrowing thanks to proceeds from his “golden visa” program.

He’s also said he’ll rebalance the debt-to-GDP ratio by growing the economy, and would reduce the need for as much borrowing thanks to initiatives like the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)… (Continue to full article)