Thirty years after the Crime Bill was enacted, its legacy of mass incarceration, police militarization, and over-criminalization continues to haunt us.

Thirty years after the Crime Bill was enacted, its legacy of mass incarceration, police militarization, and over-criminalization continues to haunt us.

Disguising its power grabs in the self-righteous fervor of national security, the Deep State has mastered the art of the bait-and-switch. It works like this: first, the government foments fear about some crisis or threat to national security, then they capitalize on it by seizing greater power and using those powers against the American people.

Think you're off the hook just because you haven't done anything "bad"? Think again. This Christmas, the Surveillance State is making its own list, and everyone's on it—naughty or nice. From facial recognition to DNA databases, they're watching your every move, tracking your spending, and even monitoring your social media. It's a chilling reminder that Big Brother is always watching... and he's got a special "gift" for you this holiday season.

Disguising its power grabs in the self-righteous fervor of national security, the Deep State has mastered the art of the bait-and-switch. It works like this: first, the government foments fear about some crisis or threat to national security, then they capitalize on it by seizing greater power and using those powers against the American people.

Think you're off the hook just because you haven't done anything "bad"? Think again. This Christmas, the Surveillance State is making its own list, and everyone's on it—naughty or nice. From facial recognition to DNA databases, they're watching your every move, tracking your spending, and even monitoring your social media. It's a chilling reminder that Big Brother is always watching... and he's got a special "gift" for you this holiday season.

How do you come together as a nation in thanksgiving when the powers-that-be continue to polarize and divide us into warring factions? Focus on the things that unite instead of that which divides.

How do you come together as a nation in thanksgiving when the powers-that-be continue to polarize and divide us into warring factions? Focus on the things that unite instead of that which divides.

Mass roundups. Raids. Indefinite detentions in concentration camps. Martial law. The erosion of habeas corpus protections. The suspension of the Constitution, at least for select segments of the population. A hierarchy of rights, contingent on whether you belong to a favored political class. This is what you can expect in the not-so-distant future.

Mass roundups. Raids. Indefinite detentions in concentration camps. Martial law. The erosion of habeas corpus protections. The suspension of the Constitution, at least for select segments of the population. A hierarchy of rights, contingent on whether you belong to a favored political class. This is what you can expect in the not-so-distant future.

Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all three branches is the very definition of tyranny: a dictatorship disguised as democracy. 

Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all three branches is the very definition of tyranny: a dictatorship disguised as democracy. 

After months of handwringing and mud-slinging and fear-mongering, the votes have finally been cast and the outcome has been decided: the Deep State has won.

The government's language of fear has given rise to a politics of fear whose only aim is to distract and divide us. Fear remains the method most often used by politicians to increase the power of government. 

The government's language of fear has given rise to a politics of fear whose only aim is to distract and divide us. Fear remains the method most often used by politicians to increase the power of government. 

There’s trouble brewing, and the government is masterminding a response using the military.

There’s trouble brewing, and the government is masterminding a response using the military.

While we squabble over which side is winning this losing battle to lead the country, there is something being concocted in the dens of power, far beyond the public eye, and it doesn’t bode well for the future of this country.

While we squabble over which side is winning this losing battle to lead the country, there is something being concocted in the dens of power, far beyond the public eye, and it doesn’t bode well for the future of this country.

We are moving fast down that slippery slope to an authoritarian society in which the only opinions, ideas and speech expressed are the ones permitted by the government and its corporate cohorts.