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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The Grayzone Desperate to secure a conviction of Palestine Action defendants, a draconian British judge has forbidden them from referring to the principle of jury equity in their closing speeches. It is one of countless restrictions aimed at blocking the activists from mounting an effective defense. Since the retrial of six Palestine Action (PA) activists began on April 13,…

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King Charles III of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening, the first such speech from a British monarch in more than 30 years and only the second ever. In his speech, Charles paid tribute to the historic relationship between the U.S. and the UK. He also discussed contemporary issues, defending the importance of NATO and affirming support for Ukraine. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox Listing similarities between the principles of the Magna Carta, the Enlightenment, and America’s founding documents, Charles observed that the principle of checks and balances had…

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Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair In Peoria, Illinois, children living in federally subsidized housing have been getting sick in the very places meant to shelter them. An investigation by ProPublica documented that apartments at the city’s Taft Homes were plagued by mold, water damage, pest infestations, and peeling paint—conditions that local doctors and health inspectors linked to asthma flare‑ups and chronic respiratory problems in young residents. Parents described children coughing through the night, visiting emergency rooms repeatedly, and missing school because their homes were making them ill. These are not isolated incidents. They are symptoms of a deeper structural failure. Poverty does…

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Violence motivated by political differences has emerged as a defining, if alarming, feature of 21st -century American civil life. Neither side in our nation’s increasingly dangerous ideological divide has a monopoly. But one side, the Democratic Party and its allies, refuses to acknowledge the increase in mayhem from the left. This is true even in the face of the campus assassination of beloved conservative activist Charlie Kirk – or the very public attack against a televised banquet featuring the president of the United States in a ballroom room full of politicians and journalists. On Sunday, well after authorities released Cole…

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Government shouldn’t be important enough to motivate people to kill others to gain control. Moreover, people willing to engage in violence to seize the means of governance have no business exercising political power. These are points we should be drumming home after the latest in a series of assassination attempts against President Donald Trump and other administration officials at a time of surging political violence in the United States. You are reading The Rattler from J.D. Tuccille and Reason. Get more of J.D.’s commentary on government overreach and threats to everyday liberty. Cole Tomas Allen’s apparent attack at the White…

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Image by Akira Hojo. During the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment thinkers realized that human reasoning provided a better understanding of our natural world than the explanations found in ancient religions. The Enlightenment spawned Humanism, a non-religious, democratic, and ethical life stance that emphasized human reason, compassion, and scientific inquiry rather than divine intervention. Humanism sought rational ways of solving human problems, and it has been remarkably successful, advancing society more in the past 250 years than in all the preceding 300,000 years of human history. Our Constitution, an embodiment of Enlightenment principles, established America as a secular nation. A…

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