Pfizer Gives Republican Party of Kentucky $1,000,000

Pfizer Gives Republican Party of Kentucky $1,000,000

As reported by the Kentucky Lantern, in December 2022 the controversial drugmaker Pfizer gave the Republican Party of Kentucky (RPK) $1,000,000. While corporate donations direct to a party’s executive committee are against the law in Kentucky, a loophole allows for unlimited donations to a party’s “building fund.” An additional $650,000 from other big corporate donors…

The Kentucky Republican Party Takes Aim at Itself

The Kentucky Republican Party Takes Aim at Itself

To kick off the new 2023 legislative session, we might expect the Republican “super-majority” to focus on core bread-and-butter Kentucky Republican issues. We’d all likely unify around lowering taxes, relieving some regulatory burdens on small businesses, or disentangling our schools from onerous ideologies. Many voters are concerned about election integrity, which is an obvious problem…

If the American Republic is to Survive and Flourish, Part 2

If the American Republic is to Survive and Flourish, Part 2

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.”– Abraham Lincoln In part 1 of this series of articles, I focused on how core, traditional values of the USA are currently…

Ghosts in the Machine

Ghosts in the Machine

By John J The Army released a new recruitment video by the Ft. Bragg Psychological Operations Group. It is both disturbing and brilliant. If you like psychological thriller movies, you’re gonna love it. Otherwise, you’ll come away confused; wondering what it was that you just watched. The underlying message of the video inspires the viewer…

If the American Republic is to Survive and Flourish, Part 1

If the American Republic is to Survive and Flourish, Part 1

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,…

TAX FREEDOM

TAX FREEDOM

Introduction Any entity which can exercise control over our finances and our health, have at its disposal the means of absolute control over the individual and thus the society as a whole. We will leave the subject of our health for another time. Our intent in this article is to address the control exercised over…