How will the youngest WH press secretary in history fare against the anti-Trump media? For the American media, Jan. 28 was something of an auspicious day – and a day of firsts. On Tuesday afternoon, the White House press corps gathered in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room to receive the first briefing since…
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When the Early Bird came to an end, so did objectivity. There was no funeral. There was no ceremony of any kind, really. Over 11 years ago, on Friday, November 1, 2013, a valuable source of information and current news was put to rest without fanfare or much of any mention. What had been, for…
Election interference has a long history in American politics. From distorted TV ads to foreign countries with their own agendas – and hardly just Russia – many corrupt politicians and bad actors have attempted to put their thumbs on the scale over the years in attempting to influence low-information voters. But you would be hard-pressed…
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It’s a matter of size and will. Columbia made a big show of refusing to accept flights from the United States returning illegal migrants. President Gustavo Petro on Sunday, January 26, made a series of public X posts in which he insisted the deportations were a non-starter until President Trump found a way to do…
What the other outlets didn’t tell you. Editor’s Note: From the Back Forty is Liberty Nation’s longest-running and most popular weekly column. Heartlanders are getting used to the new sheriff in town and are cautiously optimistic that the promises made will actually be kept. ICE agents have been freed from their Biden shackles. The US Senate…
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It hasn’t yet been a full calendar week since Donald Trump was inaugurated for the second time, and already the nation – indeed, the world – is beginning to change. Traditionally, news outlets run a 100-day roundup for each president, cataloguing and critiquing whatever they’ve managed to accomplish thus far. Fear not, we aren’t replacing…
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The unintended consequences of the nanny state. Boston’s City Council is weighing a tax on sugary drinks to improve health, advance equity, and increase its coffers by tens of millions of dollars a year. Such progressive policies seek revenue in the name of rescue but inevitably inflict more significant inequities on the marginalized communities they…
Jus Soli – “right of the soil” – is the birthright of US citizens … but what qualifies one for inheritance? In one of many Inauguration Day executive orders, President Donald Trump answered the question: If both your parents are here illegally, then the automatic conference of citizenship defined by the 14th Amendment isn’t for…
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will limit nicotine levels in cigarettes to stem addiction and consequent health problems. The formal FDA rule has not been released, yet the implications of this regulatory shift are dizzyingly myriad. Individual liberties, black market diversion, and the odd contrast between food and cigarette labeling and…
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The hypocrisy of outrage over Trump’s Jan. 6 leniency while Biden gets a pass. There have been times when certain presidential pardons have raised an eyebrow or two, but few considered them a big deal until Joe Biden, on his way out the door of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., started handing them out like Reese’s Pieces…
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Photo and Video Journal of January 20. On January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. The images and speeches from that day will become part of the visual lexicon of American history. Liberty Nation News is proud to present this slice of history. President Trump and…
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The first day of Trump’s second term signified things to come. On Inauguration Day 2017, President Donald Trump’s first day in the White House, the mainstream media delivered the opening salvo in a long list of hoaxes. The press claimed that Trump had removed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. from display in the…
