“Disinformation does not mean false information. It means misleading information—misplaced, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information—information that creates the illusion of knowing something, but which in fact leads one away from knowing.”—Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death Call it what…

WASHINGTON, DC — In the digital age, simply having a smartphone in your pocket can lead to the government collecting your data to investigate you as a suspect for a crime. That is the constitutional danger posed by…

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.”—Benjamin Franklin Everything this nation once stood for is being turned on its head. We are being asked—no, told—to believe that the greatest…

“The cost of war is too damn high Not another nickel Not another dime We won’t pay for Trump’s war crimes.” —Chanted by anti-war military veteran protesters in DC Reports of food shortages on naval ships deployed to the Middle…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After more than a year of escalating efforts by the Trump administration to blacklist critics, censor dissent, and punish those who challenge its policies, a coalition of civil liberties organizations is urging a federal appeals…

“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”— Friedrich Nietzsche One week after posting a profanity-laced Easter message threatening to wipe out the entire civilization of Iran, Donald J. Trump, the 47th president…

WASHINGTON, DC — As the U.S. government escalates military conflicts abroad and confronts rising anti-war resistance at home, a broad coalition of civil liberties organizations is warning that dissent itself is being treated as a threat. In asking…

“We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of … daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things… We have to take care of one thing: military protection.”—President Donald J. Trump “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired…

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” — Matthew 5:3-12 “We negotiate…

“There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.”—Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations You’re not imagining it. Everything costs more. Everything is monitored. Everything feels like…

WASHINGTON, DC —In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Mississippi street preacher to challenge a local law that restricted his ability to share his faith—making clear that Americans do not lose…

“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab ‘em by the pussy. You can do anything.”— Donald J. Trump on seizing women, Access Hollywood (2005) “I think I can do anything I want with it.…

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for police to enter homes without a warrant under the pretext of emergency aid. In a blow to longstanding Fourth Amendment protections inside the home, the Court ruled…

“He went mad and lost America.”—Ian Martin, “The madness of King Trump, America’s sulky George III sequel” Dysfunction, decadence, depravity and a death cult: that, in a nutshell, sums up the mindset now at the heart of the…

“From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is…

RICHMOND, Va — The Rutherford Institute is calling out the double standard inherent in the government’s willingness to prosecute political protesters for disrupting worship services while allowing ICE agents broad discretion to disrupt those same services by carrying…

“Donald Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to enrich himself… President Trump has never been a man to ask what he can do for his country. In his…