On August 4th, 2025, Russia announced that it would no longer honor the terms of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Treaty marks the end of Reagan era diplomacy. The Treaty was an arms control agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, negotiated by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. It was approved and ratified by the Senate in 1988, as required by the Constitution.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of citizens to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. When citizens use the petition process, they are exercising the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment. The Founders viewed freedom of speech as essential to hold the government accountable. George Washington expressed this sentiment “If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments… the freedom of speech may be taken away __and, dumb an...

America is staring down a fiscal abyss. With the national debt exceeding $37 trillion and rising daily, it’s apparent that Washington has lost control of the public purse. Congress continues to spend far more than it collects yearly without any meaningful plan to stop.