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Do we have the time, or is this the beginning of the end of life in America as we have known it? This is where you will find a range of Editorial postings and comments by a select group of writers, many of who have had long term relations with Kettle Moraine Publications – and EACH of whom provide us with THEIR Perspectives as this Nation ignores the warnings as we live in the end of days – for most Americans’ are Too Blind to See – and we once again convert back to one of our OLD and DEFINITIVE categories – POINT BLANK!

Marquardt: Masters of Seduction, an Introduction!

A Personal Note from Tom DeWeese:
The following article from APC Vice President Kathleen Marquardt is quite long, but it is vital information detailing exactly how the radical Left operates and has been able to successfully label those of us working to stop them as mere conspiracy theorists and hate mongers. It’s worked for years. To fight against them you need the details in this article. Save it, file it, and share it. We have a long way to go to successfully restore the freedoms they have stolen.

Masters of Seduction

For decades many of us have been trying to wake the public up to the machinations of a plethora of our leaders working toward a one-world order controlled by the rich and powerful, to be structured on Marxism/communism.

Understand that for many years, there were dedicated citizens who tried to expose the dangers of the push for communist/Marxist world control. Those on the side of free-market, laissez-faire capitalism, property rights, personal freedoms were ridiculed, blackmailed, and otherwise treated like scum of the earth – so no “civilized” person would be silly enough to believe in their foolish statements against the United Nations, the World Bank, or even Greenpeace. Face it, General McArthur, Joseph McCarthy, General Benton Partin, Paul Harvey were the kind of leaders our great forefathers had been who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But these more recent were vilified and driven out of “the right” society.

What those, and others like them have done is to keep some semblance of freedom-supporting/promoting information in front of the masses when possible. Continue reading

Garrison: Cut Off the Funding to Violent Riots

The mega-billionaire George Soros and his son may not be funding the anti-Ice protests directly, but they send money to other projects and organizations that could be. Soros already sent money indirectly to fund the “No Kings” protests. Soros also funded the elections of far-left district attorneys in blue cities across the country. Those DAs let criminals go free to commit more crime including murder. Continue reading

Garrison: What’s That Squeaking Noise? The Republican Congress!

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to comply with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena that required them to testify about Jeffrey Epstein. It only underlines the hypocrisy of the Democrats, who repeatedly stated ‘nobody is above the law’ as they concocted bogus charges against Trump. The Clintons are above the law. Hillary committed egregious crimes, and her comrade James Comey let her off the hook. Continue reading

Snyder: Perhaps We Should Actually Be Focusing On Fixing America

After years of heading in the wrong direction, nobody can deny that the United States is facing overwhelming problems. So why don’t we focus on fixing those problems first? The truth is that we can’t do everything because our resources are very limited. U.S. households are more than 18 trillion dollars in debt, and the federal government is more than 38 trillion dollars in debt.

Even though we have literally stolen trillions upon trillions of dollars from future generations, our major cities are rapidly decaying, our infrastructure is crumbling, corruption is rampant, the middle class is shrinking, most of the population is struggling to even afford the basics each month, mass layoffs are happening all over the nation, our streets are teeming with hordes of drug addicts and homeless people, large numbers of Americans are selling images of themselves online just to make ends meet, and millions of others are living in their vehicles.

So why don’t we use what limited resources we have to fix our own problems? Continue reading

The American Empire Has Entered Its Final Act!

President Trump promised restoration — twice.

               ...but it didn’t get done!

The first time, he vowed to “drain the swamp,” revive American industry, tame debt, rebuild trust, and restore pride. The second time, he returned with a sharper edge and a louder voice, insisting that only he could finish the job he claimed had been sabotaged the first time around.

What MAGA voters received instead wasn’t renewal, but a grim revelation. The failure was never just Trump. He was the messenger. The problem is that America no longer has the political, economic or cultural capacity to deliver restoration at all. Continue reading

Hickman: Why America Won’t Follow Argentina’s Example

In 1913, Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. Its GDP per capita rivaled that of Western Europe. The port of Buenos Aires bustled with international commerce. Immigrants flooded in from Italy and Spain, chasing the same promise that drew millions to US shores.

Then came the Peronists.

Juan Perón rose to power in the 1940s and built a political machine fueled by populist spending, nationalization, and currency manipulation. The country rotted – yet somehow the Peronists stayed in power for decades. Continue reading

Whitehead ~ Stop the Steal: Projection, Retaliation, and the Theft of Our Republic

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots… His public life is an endless series of evasions and false pretences. He is willing to embrace any issue, however idiotic, that will get him votes, and he is willing to sacrifice any principle, however sound, that will lose them for him… He may be, on the one hand, a cross-roads idler striving to get into the State Legislature … or he may be, on the other, the President of the United States.” ~ H. L. Mencken

There’s an old saying that when you point a finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at you.

It’s what psychologists refer to as projection – the act of accusing others of the very misconduct one is engaged in.

While politicians of all political stripes are guilty of projection, Donald Trump, aptly dubbed a “master of projection,” could teach a master class in accusing others of wrongdoing of which he is guilty.

Trump has repeatedly framed himself as a victim of corruption while weaponizing the machinery of government for personal, political, and financial gain. He rails against censorship while threatening journalists, blacklisting law firms, and punishing dissenters. He decries political persecution while using federal power to retaliate against critics and whistleblowers, condemning ‘rigged systems’ even as he stacks courts, rewrites rules, and demands loyalty over law.

Nowhere is this hypocrisy more evident than in Trump’s “Stop the Steal” campaign – a slogan that metastasized into a violent assault on democratic norms and culminated in a riot when Trump’s supporters forced their way into the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the electoral votes in an election Trump lost. Continue reading

Minick: Finding Freedom in a World of Chains

Chain, chain, chain
(Chain, chain, chain)
Chain of fools…

So ran the chorus to Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit song “Chain of Fools.”

One hundred twenty years earlier, the Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels proclaimed: “Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!”

The chains of Franklin’s song and those of the Marxist slogan are linked by one word: Fools.  Continue reading

Garrison: What’s In YOUR Shopping Cart?

Socialism spreads like a plague. Too many countries eagerly bite on the lure of ‘free stuff.’ When people vote for socialism, freedom is quickly stripped away by permanent strongmen dictators. Trump wants to reverse this trend.

We like the idea of a “Donroe Doctrine,” where the United States stops handing over hemispheric power to China and Russia. Donald Trump is the opposite of the weakling Jimmy Carter. Communist China has been carefully playing the ‘long game.’ They’ve slowly infiltrated and gained influence in Canada, Mexico, and South American countries. They depend on Venezuelan oil. Trump has now tipped China’s game board over by making sure they no longer control the Panama Canal or have the chance to build military bases in Venezuela or Colombia. Continue reading

Johnson ~ President Trump’s Pro-Life Betrayal: Abandoning the Unborn for a Political Deal

In a stunning turn of events, President Donald Trump has urged Republican lawmakers to “be a little flexible” on the Hyde Amendment which has been the bedrock protection that has shielded American taxpayers from funding the slaughter of innocent unborn children for nearly half a century. Speaking at a House Republican retreat on January 6, 2026, at the Kennedy Center, Trump casually suggested compromising this non-negotiable principle to push through healthcare legislation amid negotiations over ACA subsidies and rising premiums. [1] [2]

ACA subsidies are federal financial assistance programs designed to reduce the cost of health insurance for eligible individuals and families who purchase plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace. The two sides are currently at an impasse, though some bipartisan Senate negotiations are exploring a compromise. Continue reading

Hickman: Some Clear Thinking about This Weekend’s Strike in Venezuela

The “Little TURD!”

It’s hard to imagine America being intimidated by a guy named “Little Turtle”. And yet, in the year 1790, he was about as terrifying as it could get.

Little Turtle was the war chief of the Miami nation, one of the Algonquian-speaking tribes in the Great Lakes region, and he had made a name for himself fighting against the United States during the Revolutionary War. Continue reading

The Constitution Demands An Honest Census

When the Framers drafted the Constitution in 1787, the first three words were “We the People.” The rest of the document repeatedly refers to “the people,” a term clearly denoting citizens of the United States, those whose rights the Constitution addressed. Additionally, the Tenth Amendment to the Bill of Rights identifies the states and “the people” as the repositories of plenary power, in contrast to the limited powers delegated to the federal government. Continue reading

DOGE Says 55 Contracts Worth $863 Million Canceled in Past 5 Days

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) stated that federal agencies have terminated or scaled back 55 contracts over the past five days, eliminating an estimated $261 million in spending tied to what the task force described as wasteful or duplicative services.

The canceled and descoped contracts had a combined ceiling value of $863 million, DOGE stated in a Dec. 22 social media post announcing its latest update. Continue reading

Garrison: Just the Tip of the Iceberg

“Just the tip of the iceberg” is a perfect metaphor for what’s unfolding in Minnesota — a state swamped by over $1 billion in alleged welfare and program fraud, much of it tied to networks in the Somali community.

But Omar isn’t just the tip; she’s quick to cry “racism” whenever the fraud is called out. She’s slammed scrutiny of these schemes as “disgusting” and “vile,” insisting we shouldn’t “blame the lawlessness of an individual on a whole community.” Continue reading

Whitehead ~ The Surveillance State Is Making a Naughty List — and You’re On It

“He sees you when you’re sleeping.
He knows when you’re awake.
He knows if you’ve been bad or good,
So be good for goodness’ sake.”
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

For generations, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” has been treated as a playful reminder to children to be good because someone, somewhere, is watching.

Today, it reads less like a joke and more like a warning.

The Surveillance State is making a naughty list, and we’re all on it.

Long before Santa’s elves start loading his sleigh with toys for good girls and boys, the government’s surveillance apparatus is already at work – logging your movements, monitoring your messages, tracking your purchases, scanning your face, recording your license plate, and feeding it all into algorithmic systems designed to determine whether you belong on a government watchlist.

Unlike Santa’s naughty list, however, the consequences of landing on the government’s “naughty list” are far more severe than a stocking full of coal. They can include heightened surveillance, loss of privacy, travel restrictions, financial scrutiny, police encounters, or being flagged as a potential threat – often without notice, explanation, or recourse.

This is not fiction. This is not paranoia. Continue reading

Is Trump a Lame Duck?

And what does that even mean in today’s politics?

(Roman Genn)

It looked for a moment as if Henry Cuellar’s career might be over. The eleven-term congressman from Texas’s Rio Grande Valley had long fought to retain his seat in this overwhelmingly Hispanic region of the state, facing closer margins over the years as the Republicans gained traction among Latino voters during the worst of the Biden-era illegal-immigration crisis. The voters in Cuellar’s district had, for the first time in history, given their votes to a Republican — Donald Trump carried the district 53–46, in a straight reversal of Biden’s 2020 margin. Statewide Texas Republicans altered his district’s shape to make it slightly redder. And on top of it all, Cuellar was indicted in 2024 on twelve federal charges of bribery, conspiracy, and money-laundering. Would this be the end of the popular, but increasingly threatened, incumbent?

        Not quite yet… 

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The Mafia Presidency

Trump is saying, essentially, “If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say“.

Illustration by Paul Spella

The Sunday before the New York City mayoral race, President Donald Trump told New Yorkers he might withhold federal funding if Zohran Mamdani won.

“It’s gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a Communist running New York, all you’re doing is wasting the money you’re sending there,” Trump told CBS’s 60 Minutes. Continue reading

Minick: Self-Governance Is the Bedrock of Liberty

Those who refuse to govern themselves will be governed by others.

This is one of the takeaway lessons from the recent elections, particularly in New York City.

There a young and inexperienced pro-Islamist and democratic socialist won the mayoral election in part by promising voters goodies like free bus transportation, free childcare, some government grocery stores, and heavier taxes on the rich.

Unable or unwilling to take care of themselves, Zohran Mamdani’s supporters have fallen prey to one of the oldest tricks in the book, dating all the way back to Ancient Rome’s bread and circuses for the masses: They have surrendered liberty and self-reliance for a mess of pottage. Such ignorance of the past, or worse, such willed stupidity, strips away freedom and empowers would-be dictators. Continue reading

Hickman ~ 2025: The Year Energy Sanity Returned

When Robert Oppenheimer watched the first atomic bomb detonate in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, the blast confirmed that America had won the race to build a nuclear weapon.

The destructive power of these weapons was extraordinary; the explosion from Oppenheimer’s “Trinity” test unleashed an astonishing 83.7 Terajoules (TJ) of energy from just SIX kilograms of Plutonium-239.

By comparison, a typical power plant in 1945 would have required 9.5 MILLION kilograms of coal to produce a similar amount of energy. Continue reading

Stoller: A Bipartisan Reform Proposal to Restore American Self-Government

Here is my proposal to save this country!

~ Introduction ~

For generations, Americans have believed in a simple promise: that our government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. But today, citizens across the political spectrum feel that this promise has been broken. Both conservatives and progressives agree on one thing: the system is no longer responding to the will of the people.

Our politics are dominated by special interests, corporate money, lobbyists, and entrenched politicians who remain in power for decades. The average voter has been pushed to the sidelines while billion-dollar industries shape our laws, our regulations, and ultimately, our lives.

Reclaiming our country does not require choosing a “side.”

It requires fixing the system itself. Continue reading