<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:50:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@adamdick/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[GameStop Standing Up to Government Demands to Close Stores]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most basic and important freedoms is the freedom to engage in commerce. That freedom is under attack from state and local governments demanding that some businesses, often termed “nonessential,”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gamestop/@adamdick/gamestop-standing-up-to-government-demands-to-close-stores</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gamestop/@adamdick/gamestop-standing-up-to-government-demands-to-close-stores</guid><category><![CDATA[gamestop]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:39:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coronavirus and the Rise of Social Media Censorship]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you thought the removing of content and the suspending and exiling of individuals from social media platforms has been bad over the last few years, expect the problem to worsen now that coronavirus]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@adamdick/coronavirus-and-the-rise-of-social-media-censorship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coronavirus/@adamdick/coronavirus-and-the-rise-of-social-media-censorship</guid><category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:51:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danger: US Census Forms Are Being Mailed This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Potentially dangerous letters are being mailed to millions of homes across America starting this week. The letters are not rigged to explode. Still, they may be quite dangerous for recipients. These letters]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/census/@adamdick/danger-us-census-forms-are-being-mailed-this-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/census/@adamdick/danger-us-census-forms-are-being-mailed-this-week</guid><category><![CDATA[census]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:06:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rep. Thomas Massie Rebukes House Leadership for Pushing Lobbyists-and-Deep State-Drafted PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Bill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Speaking today on the United States House of Representatives floor, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) discussed how a committee markup of legislation dealing with reauthorization of USA PATRIOT Act provisions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thomasmassie/@adamdick/rep-thomas-massie-rebukes-house-leadership-for-pushing-lobbyists-and-deep-state-drafted-patriot-act-reauthorization-bill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thomasmassie/@adamdick/rep-thomas-massie-rebukes-house-leadership-for-pushing-lobbyists-and-deep-state-drafted-patriot-act-reauthorization-bill</guid><category><![CDATA[thomasmassie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making the Best of Running a ‘Sure to Lose’ Libertarian Presidential Campaign]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even most libertarians would probably agree that it is just about a sure bet that none of the current candidates or commonly discussed potential candidates for the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianparty/@adamdick/making-the-best-of-running-a-sure-to-lose-libertarian-presidential-campaign</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianparty/@adamdick/making-the-best-of-running-a-sure-to-lose-libertarian-presidential-campaign</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarianparty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:43:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Return of Mayor Kucinich?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been 40 years since Dennis Kucinich completed his term as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1979. Kucinich, who had been tagged as the “boy mayor” given his age and youthful appearance when mayor, went]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/denniskucinich/@adamdick/the-return-of-mayor-kucinich</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/denniskucinich/@adamdick/the-return-of-mayor-kucinich</guid><category><![CDATA[denniskucinich]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:03:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bye-Bye, Libertarian Party Chairman]]></title><description><![CDATA[United States Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark announced at Facebook last night that he will not seek reelection as party chairman at the Libertarian Party national convention in late May. Continue]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianparty/@adamdick/bye-bye-libertarian-party-chairman</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarianparty/@adamdick/bye-bye-libertarian-party-chairman</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarianparty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:57:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jacob Hornberger, Libertarian Presidential Race Frontrunner?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matt Welch concluded his Wednesday Reason article regarding Super Tuesday results for the Libertarian Party presidential race with this statement: “Much can and will change between now and late May but,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jacobhornberger/@adamdick/jacob-hornberger-libertarian-presidential-race-frontrunner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jacobhornberger/@adamdick/jacob-hornberger-libertarian-presidential-race-frontrunner</guid><category><![CDATA[jacobhornberger]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 22:04:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas Massie, ‘One of the Most Unusual Members of the US House’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Thursday profile of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) at the Cincinnati Enquirer declares that “neighbors, colleagues and friends all agree: Massie, who is running this year for a fifth term, is one of the most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thomasmassie/@adamdick/thomas-massie-one-of-the-most-unusual-members-of-the-us-house</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thomasmassie/@adamdick/thomas-massie-one-of-the-most-unusual-members-of-the-us-house</guid><category><![CDATA[thomasmassie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:45:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Jacob Hornberger Sweep Upcoming Libertarian Presidential Primaries and Caucuses? If He Does, How Much Will It Matter?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been racking up wins in state-level contests of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Much less mentioned in the media is that Libertarian presidential]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jacobhornberger/@adamdick/will-jacob-hornberger-sweep-upcoming-libertarian-presidential-primaries-and-caucuses-if-he-does-how-much-will-it-matter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jacobhornberger/@adamdick/will-jacob-hornberger-sweep-upcoming-libertarian-presidential-primaries-and-caucuses-if-he-does-how-much-will-it-matter</guid><category><![CDATA[jacobhornberger]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:48:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marijuana Legalization at State Legislatures and on Voters’ Ballots this Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was much reason for hope that marijuana legalization would be approved in several state legislatures in 2019. In January of 2019, I suggested that such action could be taken that year in any of six]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marijuanalegalization/@adamdick/marijuana-legalization-at-state-legislatures-and-on-voters-ballots-this-year</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marijuanalegalization/@adamdick/marijuana-legalization-at-state-legislatures-and-on-voters-ballots-this-year</guid><category><![CDATA[marijuanalegalization]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:42:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rubber-Stamping Gun Grabbing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Proponents of red flag laws in states or countrywide often assert that the laws protect targeted individuals’ due process rights. However, examining the exercise of the Florida red flag law in Broward]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/redflaglaw/@adamdick/rubber-stamping-gun-grabbing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/redflaglaw/@adamdick/rubber-stamping-gun-grabbing</guid><category><![CDATA[redflaglaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:04:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ron Paul Gives Donald Trump’s Presidency a ‘C-Minus’ Grade]]></title><description><![CDATA[During a new Fox News interview, Watters’ World host Jesse Watters asked former United States House of Representatives member and presidential candidate Ron Paul to give President Donald Trump a grade]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-gives-donald-trump-s-presidency-a-c-minus-grade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-gives-donald-trump-s-presidency-a-c-minus-grade</guid><category><![CDATA[ronpaul]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:55:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ron Paul Sees ‘Politics as Usual’ Continuing Despite Partisan ‘Vitriol’ Among DC Politicians]]></title><description><![CDATA[With recent presidential impeachment proceedings as well as the insults flying between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, DC, many people may jump to the conclusion that the politicians of the opposing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-sees-politics-as-usual-continuing-despite-partisan-vitriol-among-dc-politicians</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-sees-politics-as-usual-continuing-despite-partisan-vitriol-among-dc-politicians</guid><category><![CDATA[ronpaul]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:46:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many People in NATO Countries Say ‘No’ to Supporting a NATO Ally in a Military Conflict with Russia]]></title><description><![CDATA[NATO is marketed as providing each member nation with the benefit that the other member nations are committed to coming to its aid militarily in the event of an attack by another nation, especially Russia.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nato/@adamdick/many-people-in-nato-countries-say-no-to-supporting-a-nato-ally-in-a-military-conflict-with-russia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nato/@adamdick/many-people-in-nato-countries-say-no-to-supporting-a-nato-ally-in-a-military-conflict-with-russia</guid><category><![CDATA[nato]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:36:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How You Unlock Your Phone May Determine if Police Can Access It Without Your Consent]]></title><description><![CDATA[You may find it more convenient to unlock your phone by pressing your fingerprint on or staring at the phone screen instead of typing out a password. But, some courts have determined that having your phone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/phone/@adamdick/how-you-unlock-your-phone-may-determine-if-police-can-access-it-without-your-consent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/phone/@adamdick/how-you-unlock-your-phone-may-determine-if-police-can-access-it-without-your-consent</guid><category><![CDATA[phone]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 20:08:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Racist’ Joe Biden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democratic primary presidential candidate Joe Biden, in the 1990s when he was a member of the United States Senate, said racist stuff in two speeches. That is an insinuation of a Monday The Intercept article]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/joebiden/@adamdick/racist-joe-biden</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/joebiden/@adamdick/racist-joe-biden</guid><category><![CDATA[joebiden]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 04:51:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ominous REAL ID Moves Forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a new interview with host Scott Horton at the Scott Horton Show, politics writer James Bovard describes some of the latest ominous developments in the rollout of United States government-prescribed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/realid/@adamdick/ominous-real-id-moves-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/realid/@adamdick/ominous-real-id-moves-forward</guid><category><![CDATA[realid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:05:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ron Paul Gives Jimmy Dore a Libertarian Tutorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Want a brief presentation on some key libertarian ideas regarding matters including United States tariffs on China, the status of the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world, pollution, and laws]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-gives-jimmy-dore-a-libertarian-tutorial</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-gives-jimmy-dore-a-libertarian-tutorial</guid><category><![CDATA[ronpaul]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2020 01:55:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ron Paul: The Impeachment Trial of President Trump is ‘Pure Politicking’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former United States Hose of Representatives member and presidential candidate Ron Paul is not too impressed with the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the US Senate. The impeachment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-the-impeachment-trial-of-president-trump-is-pure-politicking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ronpaul/@adamdick/ron-paul-the-impeachment-trial-of-president-trump-is-pure-politicking</guid><category><![CDATA[ronpaul]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adamdick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:54:24 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>