Republicans Ask Maricopa County Attorney To Take Hobbs ‘pay to play’ Investigation
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes More Republican state officials are calling on Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell to investigate the “pay to play” allegations involving the Hobbs administration and Sunshine Residential Homes. Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, has already opened an investigation triggered by a letter from Senate President Pro Tempore T.J. Shope after […]
The US Government Creates New Races
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes It has the divine power to create races but can’t fix the serious problems facing Americans. The Book of Genesis has nothing on the US government. The book tells the biblical story of how God created Adam, and, using one of his ribs, created Eve. This happened in the Garden […]
The Contrarians Were Right About Covid Hysteria
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: We are quite proud, that in our very early history, The Prickly Pear chose to be a skeptic of the Covid lockdowns and endorsed the Great Barrington Declaration. Having an esteemed physician as one of our editors helped, although our innate suspicion of government overreach and common sense […]
Stealing Your Wealth
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes We pretty much all agree that the government needs some funding to operate essential functions. We have agreed on fees for services, property taxes, and income taxes. We may not agree on the amount of tax, but we generally accept that taxes can be levied. That does not seem good […]
Will Americans Elect the Deep State in November?
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes As I’ve mentioned previously, the Democrats and the Administrative State have looked at democracy and found it wanting. In fact, with the meteoric resurgence of Donald Trump, they have diagnosed it as a complete failure. A normal person might consider an unfairly influenced (the Hunter Biden laptop ploy) or an […]
The Gateway Pundit Wins Historic First Amendment Lawsuit, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Agrees to Settlement
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved a historic settlement with The Gateway Pundit on Wednesday. Maricopa County officials signed off on a major First Amendment lawsuit and settlement with TGP Communications, LLC, the parent company of The Gateway Pundit news website. Yvonne Wingett Sanchez from the Washington Post […]
Arizona State University Sees Scrutiny Over Conservative Event Backlash
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes An Arizona lawmaker wants the state’s collegiate governing body to investigate why an Arizona State University employee lost her job shortly after organizing an event featuring conservative speakers. Rep. Austin Smith, R-Surprise, wrote to the Arizona Board of Regents on June 21 following the decision by ASU to terminate the […]
Taking Back America’s Colleges and Universities
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The Fairness in Higher Education Accreditation Act attacks wokeness at its core. I started the House Anti-Woke Caucus in January to build a coalition that identifies and roots out wokeness from the federal government and American public life. Our first task has been to identify areas where a small […]
Ramaswamy on CBDC [Central Bank Digital Currencies]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican candidate for President, has a strong position on central bank digital currencies (CBDC): “Hell no.” His proposals for reforming the Fed have major problems, but his views on financial freedom and privacy are unimpeachable. A CBDC would give the government unprecedented access to and control over […]
Free Things From The Government Are Never Free
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes American school children are instructed that the late 19th century, the Gilded Age, was dominated by “robber barons“ who made great fortunes creating monopolies that exploited the poor and middle classes. Howard Zinn‘s best-selling textbook, which introduced generations of Americans to their own history, informed them that “ordinary people who […]