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HORSE ABUSERS SMELL FREEDOM Roger Stone & Christian Josi · December 7, 2025StoneZone They think because of Biden’s mistakes that USDA have left the gate open and are ready to bolt through A ruthless faction inside the horse show world thinks the current moment offers them cover. They believe confusion in Washington and misinterpretations of recent rulings mean they can slip back into the shadows and continue the same cruelty they have practiced for half a century. They are already acting like the barn door has been cracked open. They are wrong. For more than fifty years, this faction has perfected one brutal formula: chemical burns, chains, pressure-shoes, stacks, weights — agony engineered to force the grotesque, high-stepping “Big Lick”

Real Unity Podcast:Honoring the Dignity of Animal Life | Liam Gray | Ep 7 Sienna Mae Heath & Liam Gray · December 10, 2025Free the People In this episode of Real Unity, Sienna Mae Heath sits down with Liam Gray, founder of the Wilberforce Institute—a public policy think tank dedicated to honoring the dignity of life, safeguarding free markets from corruption, and shaping policies that uphold the well-being of both humans and animals. Part 1 of our conversation explores the moral paradoxes inside conservation—like killing owls to save owls—the Quaker roots of reverence and restraint, and the emerging politics of compassion. Together, we trace how America has cared for animals, for people, and for principle, asking what it means to

Corporate Ag is losing — and the right is waking up Marty Irby & John Cleveland · October 16, 2025American Thinker With the clock running out on a new Farm Bill, large lobbying interests are once again gathering at the government trough, hoping to use any prospective legislation to overturn California’s seven-year-old farm animal welfare law, Proposition 12. But this time, something unusual is happening: small farmers and conservatives are pushing back. Last week, more than 200 independent producers from 30 states descended on Washington, D.C., with one message for Congress: don’t sell us out to foreign corporations and factory farm lobbyists. These weren’t the usual beltway suits — they were real family farmers from companies like Niman Ranch, Heritage Foods, Butcher Box, and

Saturated fat debate overlooks toxic chemical contaminants in industrial meat Kari Hamerschalg & Liam Gray · October 31, 2025The Hill Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Movement have effectively united the country around the urgent need to address our nation’s costly chronic disease epidemic. Where there is less agreement is the debate over saturated fat.  Leading health authorities like the American Heart Association argue that it is a major driver of heart disease. Others, including a growing number of wellness influencers, claim it has been unfairly maligned.   But amid the fierce debates over whether butter is better than seed oil, one critical issue has been largely ignored: the large number of harmful chemical contaminants hiding

Wildlife Services Is a Prime Target for Trump’s Shutdown Layoffs Kelvey Vander Hart & Liam Gray · October 29, 2025Townhall As the government shutdown drags on, the Trump administration is using it as an opportunity to fire federal workers. Since October 1, more than 4,000 federal employees have been dismissed. These firings are undoubtedly controversial, and a judge has temporarily blocked them from continuing. However, if Trump is allowed to continue making workforce cuts, there is one division he could target for layoffs that would save both taxpayer dollars and animal lives: Wildlife Services. Wildlife Services falls under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). One of the division’s primary goals is to “provide wildlife services,

The Government Kills Owls to Save Owls Liam Gray · August 25, 2025The Wall Street Journal The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to save owls by killing owls. The government’s plan is to kill up to 450,000 barred owls across millions of acres over the next 30 years. The justification is that barred owls, which are aggressive and adaptable, are edging endangered spotted owls out of their range. To save one species, the government is executing the other. The “barred owl solution” is one of many lethal interventions run by the nation’s wildlife-management complex. Under the banner of “wildlife services,” federal and state agencies spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars killing animals. The most notorious of these