President Donald Trump ran for office the first time promising Americans that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington if elected, but he has failed to deliver, and more voters believe government corruption is more widespread than ever before, according to a newly released Gallup poll.
Tag: corruption
MORE THREATS TO THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
The freedom of speech and of the press is not a gift bestowed by a president, Congress or a federal agency. It is a natural right of all persons.
TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING
There is a point in the decline of republics when the problem is no longer that the government breaks its own laws. Governments will always behave unlawfully.
ICE WANTS OUR EMAILS
When a government agency comes to an internet service provider demanding information about Americans because of what they have said on social media, the provider should discard the demand, close the door or hang up the phone.
THE NORMALCY OF AMERICAN WARS
The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory.
DISSENT IS NOT DISLOYALTY: THE RIGHT AND DUTY TO CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT
President Trump has no problem criticizing, condemning, insulting, demonizing and threatening those who refuse to fall in line.
EMPIRE AT 250: CAN THE PRINCIPLES OF 1776 SURVIVE THE AMERICAN POLICE STATE?
This is a year of strange anniversaries. Two hundred and fifty years ago, a band of revolutionaries declared their independence from a king.
AMERICA THE UNFREE—HOME OF THE POLICED, SURVEILLED AND OCCUPIED
“I love the inflation.”—Donald Trump (June 2026). America has become an occupied nation.
A NATION OF SUSPECTS
Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
THE TRUMP HUSTLE: DISTRACTION, DECEPTION AND THE HEIST OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
Call it what it is: a heist.









