NSPD 51, or the National Security Presidential Directive, is a presidential directive allowing for the continuance of “National Essential Functions” from the local to federal level during an emergency scenario – and it could dramatically impact Americans’ freedoms. First issued ...
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State Legislators Propose Changing Constitution To Limit Federal Government
A movement to call a constitutional convention and tweak America’s founding document in order to limit the federal government appears to be gaining momentum among conservatives. Approximately 100 legislators from a total of 32 states recently converged at George Washington’s ...
Read More »Judge Hands California Gunowners Big Win
A federal judge handed gunowners a big win Monday, refusing to dismiss a lawsuit against a strict California gun law and indicating that the law likely was unconstitutional. California Attorney General Kamala Harris had asked Federal District Judge Anthony W. ...
Read More »Scrooge Lives: Congress Revives Christmas Tree Tax
Scrooge appears to be alive and well in Washington, DC, this Christmas season, with Congress again considering what is effectively a tax on Christmas trees. The most outrageous part of this tax is that it packaged as an effort to ...
Read More »EPA Control Over Private Streams And Creeks Listed As White House Priority
Proposed EPA regulations could soon impact how you use streams on your own land. The controversial Environmental Protection Agency proposals, previously reported by Off The Grid News, were listed as priorities on the White House’s 2013 fall regulatory agenda released ...
Read More »5 Colorado Counties Vote To Secede And Form 51st State
When the political world was focusing on two gubernatorial elections on election night in November, five mostly rural and agricultural counties voted to succeed from Colorado and form a 51sst state that would be named North Colorado. It further demonstrated ...
Read More »Sheriff Says He Won’t Enforce N.Y. Gun Control Law And Wins Reelection
One of the strictest gun control laws in the nation decided an election for county sheriff in upstate New York, with a sheriff who is opposed to it winning. Political observers say that Timothy B. Howard was reelected sheriff of ...
Read More »Obamacare To Fine Charitable Hospitals For Providing Free Help To Poor
The saying that “no good deed goes unpunished” may soon be true for charitable hospitals under Obamacare. The new law means charitable hospitals treating uninsured Americans will face heightened scrutiny regarding their non-profit status and could face hefty fines, according ...
Read More »Constitutional Amendment Introduced In Congress That Would Abolish IRS, Income Tax
A trio of Congressmen wants to repeal the 16th Amendment – an amendment that rarely makes headlines but deserves attention, particularly during the Thanksgiving season when we give thanks and look back at America’s history. The law pertains to the ...
Read More »Obama Considering Land Grab That Would Bypass Congress
As Americans today give thanks for their many blessings – including personal property and land – President Obama is considering what critics call another land grab. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell stated during a recent meeting in San Francisco that she ...
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