Entries by Peter Van Buren

Trump Apocalypse Hysteria Is Spiraling Into Madness

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Do you think they really believe this stuff? Take a dip in the murky waters of recent Trump Apocalypse journalism—it says there’s gonna be a civil war and dictatorship. But don’t worry, not really—it’s just the politics of fear. In a scary article subtitled “Donald Trump is warning that 2024 could be America’s last election,” […]

Hard Questions About January 6

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Hard questions about January 6 are being left unanswered because they might disturb the Democratic narrative. Let’s ask some. Hard questions about January 6 are being left unanswered because they might disturb the Democratic narrative. So let’s ask some. Like the members of the Warren Commission before them, the people claiming the accepted narrative about […]

General Milley’s Imaginary Coup

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

The soldier’s irrational fear of President Trump inspired him to defy his duly elected commander-in-chief. We need to clear some things up before they get any further out of hand, as the Dems insist on making this stuff every day’s front page. For starters, stop saying “Reichstag moment.” And when Grandpa Simpson and Kamala “Silent […]

America Might Have Funded The Chinese Coronavirus

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

In what reads like a dystopian novel, American taxpayer dollars might be responsible for the global pandemic. It reads like science fiction, but it is very real. The United States paid for the work that likely created COVID-19. Research which could create a bioweapon—genetically engineering the highest possible infectivity for human cells—was subcontracted to the […]

The Past And Future Of Incitement

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

Accusations of incitement are becoming the establishment’s tool of choice to justify new censorship, new surveillance, and new laws. You can only make up your own definition of “incitement” on Twitter and at presidential impeachment trials. Otherwise, the actual law is going to have to do. The context is clear: As they geared up for […]

COVID’s Legacy: Less Science, More Authoritarianism

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

The virus is real but the measures we’re taking make no sense—unless you’re a government bully trying to consolidate power. Science is asking questions and accepting the answers. Superstition is when belief drives people to do silly things without evidence. Which method works better for authoritarians and bullies? The latter, of course, which is what’s […]

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