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IT WAS GUN CONTROL: Not Taxes.

IT WAS GUN CONTROL: Not Taxes.

They want you to think the War for Independence was about taxes. The truth? The fighting started with gun control. On April 19, 1775 - at Lexington and Concord - ...
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Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored

Taxation Will Bleed You Dry: Anti-Federalist Warnings Ignored

More than a century before the 16th Amendment and the IRS, the Anti-Federalists warned that the Constitution’s taxing power would be used to bleed the people dry and consolidate power ...
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Texas Committee Passes Bill to Create 100% Backed Gold and Silver Transactional Currency

Texas Committee Passes Bill to Create 100% Backed Gold and Silver Transactional Currency

Under House Bill 1049 (HB1056) sponsored by Rep. Mark Dorazio and more than 80 additional joint and coauthors, the Texas Comptroller would issue gold and silver specie (coins) through the ...
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Minnesota Bill Would Ban Government Use of Facial Recognition Surveilance

Minnesota Bill Would Ban Government Use of Facial Recognition Surveilance

The legislation would prohibit any state or local government entity or official from using, obtaining, accessing, or retaining a “face surveillance system” or information obtained from such a system. It ...
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To the Governor: Arkansas Bill to Expand Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act

To the Governor: Arkansas Bill to Expand Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act

The Arkansas Senate gave final approval to a bill to expand the state’s legal tender law and clear the way for payments to and from the state in gold and ...
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Oklahoma Senate Committee Passes Bill to Expand Gold and Silver as Legal Tender

Oklahoma Senate Committee Passes Bill to Expand Gold and Silver as Legal Tender

An Oklahoma Senate committee passed two bills to significantly expand the types of gold and silver recognized as legal tender in the state, and to establish a 100 percent gold ...
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Connecticut Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender

Connecticut Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender

Under the proposed law, gold and silver coins issued by the U.S. government, along with gold and silver bullion, would be deemed legal tender in Connecticut. To facilitate its use, ...
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Defend the Guard Act Passes First Step in Missouri

Defend the Guard Act Passes First Step in Missouri

The legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the Missouri National Guard into “active duty combat” unless Congress passed an “official declaration of war” as required by ...
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Signed by the Governor: Alabama Law Recognizes Gold and Silver as Legal Tender

Signed by the Governor: Alabama Law Recognizes Gold and Silver as Legal Tender

The new law recognizes “any refined gold or silver bullion, specie, or coin that has been stamped, marked, or imprinted with its weight and purity” as legal tender in Alabama ...
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South Carolina House Passes Bill to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

South Carolina House Passes Bill to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 10, 2025) – The South Carolina House has passed a bill to prohibit financial institutions operating in the state from using a credit card merchant code to ...
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General Welfare: You've Been Lied to. Here's the Proof.

General Welfare: You’ve Been Lied to. Here’s the Proof.

James Madison called it absurd to say Congress may do whatever it wants under the general Welfare clause. But that’s exactly how politicians treat it today - as a blank ...
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Arkansas House Passes Bill to Expand Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act

Arkansas House Passes Bill to Expand Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act

The bill, filed by Rep. Mindy McAlidnon and three cosponsors, would expand the legal tender law to explicitly recognize gold and silver as a medium to "pay private debts, taxes, ...
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Signed as Law: Arkansas Prohibits Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

Signed as Law: Arkansas Prohibits Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

Under the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act (HB1509), a payment card network operating in Arkansas is prohibited from requiring the use of or assigning a merchant category code “that distinguishes a firearms ...
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Arizona Defend the Guard Act Clears Final Committee

Arizona Defend the Guard Act Clears Final Committee

The legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the Arizona National Guard into “active duty combat” unless Congress passed an “official declaration of war” as required by ...