Tom DeWeese column

Tom DeWeese is one of the nation's leading advocates of individual liberty, free enterprise, private property rights, personal privacy, back-to-basics education, and American sovereignty and independence.

A native of Ohio, he's been a candidate for the Ohio Legislature, served as editor of two newspapers, and has owned several businesses since the age of 23. In 1989, Tom led the only privately-funded election-observation team to the Panamanian elections. In 2006, Tom was invited to Cambridge University to debate the issue of the United Nations before the Cambridge Union, a 200 year old debating society. Today, he serves as Founder and President of the American Policy Center and editor of The DeWeese Report. Tom also heads up an Internet news site called Freedom21.com.

For 40 years, Tom DeWeese has been a businessman, grassroots activist, writer, and publisher.

As such, he has always advocated a firm belief in man's need to keep moving forward while protecting our Constitutionally-guaranteed rights.

Tom DeWeese

August 11, 2020

I have two victories to report to you – and an immediate action for you to take that will keep the victories coming! First, as I reported to you last . . .

Tom DeWeese

August 3, 2020

Every day, in meetings at all levels of government, representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), planning groups, and federal agents surround . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 24, 2020

Recently, I sent out the below message about a new bill to spread the use of COVID-19 TRACING. At the time it wasn’t clear exactly how brutal the government . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 22, 2020

Webster’s Dictionary defines Racism as “The assumption that the characteristics and abilities of an individual are determined by race and that one race is . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 15, 2020

I am sensing a growing fear among main stream Americans as the violence and the tyranny grows across the nation. And I certainly understand why. There is a . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 13, 2020

When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. Frederic . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 10, 2020

I am sensing a growing fear among main stream Americans as the violence and the tyranny grows across the nation. And I certainly understand why. There is a . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 1, 2020

Is tyranny our fate? The question now becomes, what do we do? Obviously, we have one of two choices. We accept our fate, or we fight. Are we finished? Do we . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 25, 2020

You and I are living in perhaps the most dangerous times in American history. Certainly we are experiencing the most concentrated attacks on our American . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 24, 2020

For more than 30 years I’ve been awarded tinfoil hats and labeled a conspiracy theorist and hate monger because I had been able to read between the lines of the . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 22, 2020

The American public is being played. Played, not by virtuosi, but by those who want to bring, not just America down, but the whole of Western Culture. Now . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 20, 2020

You and I are living in perhaps the most dangerous times in American history. Certainly we are experiencing the most concentrated attacks on our American . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 16, 2020

This past Saturday I braved the airlines, suffered through the mandatory mask-wearing, and flew to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to speak to the Restore America rally, . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 11, 2020

The forces of totalitarianism never stop. It seems the virus lockdown had a double purpose as it became a trial run to see what they could get away with and . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 4, 2020

You and I are living in perhaps the most dangerous times in American history. Certainly we are experiencing the most concentrated attacks on our American . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 1, 2020

You and I are living in perhaps the most dangerous times in American history. Certainly we are experiencing the most concentrated attacks on our American . . .

Tom DeWeese

May 18, 2020

I wanted to share a quick video update with you. Click here to view my video message. WATCH VIDEO NOW HELP APC FIGHT BACK  . . .

Tom DeWeese

May 12, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, I was one of the very first to sound the alarm that the Green New Deal forces were planning to use the Coronavirus pandemic to ram . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 29, 2020

I have been warning that the global forcers behind Agenda 21 and the Green New Deal are about to launch an all-out drive to use the coronavirus pandemic to rush . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 24, 2020

I am outraged by what the Progressive Democrats are attempting to do while the nation has been experiencing a crisis. As you know, Nancy Pelosi and her ilk . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 21, 2020

For more than 30 years I’ve worn a tinfoil hat because I, and a few others were able to read between the lines of the UN’s Agenda 21. Then, last year when the . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 16, 2020

Democrats won't let this Corona Crisis go to waste. They are continuing to push forward with their Green New Deal. We must stop them. The American Policy Center . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 15, 2020

We're taking the offensive for liberty. I would like to share the details with you, to learn more please watch my video update.  . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 13, 2020

Author's note: For years US leaders have pandered to Communist China, ignoring the growing danger from a powerful and hostile enemy. Suddenly our nation finds . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 8, 2020

Below is an article by an associate of Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center, Kathleen Marquardt, the Center's vice president. __________________________ . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 1, 2020

They had a vote in the U.S. Senate and the result was 57–0 as the Republicans declared that the crazy, radical, unworkable Green New Deal was dead in the . . .

Tom DeWeese

March 20, 2020

Below is an article by an associate of Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center, Kathleen Marquardt, the Center's vice president. __________________________ . . .

Tom DeWeese

March 18, 2020

They had a vote in the U.S. Senate and the result was 57–0 as the Republicans declared that the crazy, radical, unworkable Green New Deal was dead in . . .

Tom DeWeese

March 11, 2020

I am very concerned about the Real ID and its threat to our personal privacy and total surveillance by government. Most people have been led to believe that . . .

Tom DeWeese

March 10, 2020

Executive Summary: The massive rise in government intervention into every aspect of American culture and economics began in earnest under the excuse of . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 27, 2020

Do you fully understand the real force of tyranny that is destroying the very roots of our American culture? And do you know how we can stop it? Several . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 10, 2020

On July 23, 2004, I addressed the fifth annual Freedom 21 Conference in Reno, Nevada. Freedom 21 was the first coalition of limited government/private property . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 29, 2020

I must tell you that I issue this alert very reluctantly. In no way do I want to appear that I am attacking President Trump. But please read these facts and . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 15, 2020

For the past year I have been working to sound the alarm that the American beef industry is under massive assault from the radical environmental and animal . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 12, 2020

Quietly, without debate, one of the most dangerous attacks on American freedom and sovereignty is moving through Congress and headed to President Trump's desk . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 2, 2020

If you can be in Richmond, Virginia, January 18 and 19, then I urge you to join us! As I'm sure you know, the governor and Democrat leadership in the . . .

Tom DeWeese

November 25, 2019

Below is an article by an associate of Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center, Kathleen Marquardt, the Center's vice president. If whiskey is for drinking . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 24, 2019

In September of 2000 the UN held its Millennium Summit in New York City to announce its 8 goals to impose the transformation of the world under Sustainable . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 16, 2019

I'm not a cattleman and I'm not going to pretend I know everything you are facing. But I do know that the major weapon being used against your industry is the . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 19, 2019

Where is the Republican Party? As insanity spews out of the Democrat Party, the long-time overseer of limited government, free enterprise and individual liberty . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 9, 2019

Below is an article by an associate of Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center, Kathleen Marquardt, the Center's vice president. ___________________________  . . .

Tom DeWeese

August 5, 2019

In 2006, I was surprised to find myself sitting at a formal dinner in the middle of a 200-year-old debating society at Cambridge University in England. In a few . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 25, 2019

Below is an article by an associate of Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center, Kathleen Marquardt, the Center's vice president. __________________________ . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 3, 2019

Below is an article by an associate of Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center, Kathleen Marquardt, the Center's vice president. __________________________ . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 10, 2019

The American beef industry has long been a tasty target of the environmentalists and their allies in the animal rights movement. To understand the reason is to . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 26, 2019

Sometimes if you fight hard enough and refuse to back down, no matter the odds, your truth is vindicated and prevails! For twenty years I have been labeled a . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 4, 2019

One of the main indicators used by economists to measure the health of the nation's economy is housing starts – the number of private homes being built . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 15, 2018

Many seem bewildered by the anti-Trump riots and demonstrations that have covered the nation since the 2016 election. And many keep trying to find a reasonable . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 18, 2018

I have been pushing hard lately to let people know that, no matter how big and powerful the opposition, the assault from big government forces can be stopped. . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 10, 2018

Below is an article by an associate of Tom DeWeese at the American Policy Center, Kathleen Marquardt, the Center's vice president. ___________________________  . . .

Tom DeWeese

August 1, 2018

There is an all out assault taking place in nearly every community against private property ownership. It's being perpetrated at every level of government . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 18, 2018

There's lots of talk about where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stands on the Roe v Wade abortion decision and if he would vote to rescind it. There is . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 11, 2018

Justice has finally been achieved as the federal government's war against western ranchers and property owners has taken a second major hit. First, Cliven . . .

Tom DeWeese

May 16, 2018

Tom DeWeese, recognized expert on private property rights, has released a new book entitled Sustainable: The WAR on Free Enterprise, Private Property and . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 6, 2018

In nearly every community of the nation, the policy called Sustainable is the catch-all term for local planning programs, from water and energy controls to . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 22, 2018

It's in every community in the nation. We hear it talked about in county commission meetings and state legislatures. It's even used in advertising as a positive . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 17, 2018

There are many powerful forces operating today across the nation to divide the American people and silence opposing views. One of the most active of these . . .

Tom DeWeese

November 3, 2017

It's become obvious that our fight against Agenda 21/2030 is beginning to have an affect when a reporter writes not one, but two attack articles about the same . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 13, 2017

The barbarians have finally broken down the school doors and are now plundering knowledge. Books are their target. Banning them is the goal. In New York City . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 10, 2017

The barbarians have finally broken down the school doors and are now plundering knowledge. Books are their target. Banning them is the goal. In New York City . . .

Tom DeWeese

May 18, 2017

The clamor is growing louder every day. "They don't listen." "We have no real choice of candidates." "The system is rigged for the elite." "There's no . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 10, 2017

I have a vital update for you on our battle to stop the HUD assault on private property. Senator Mike Lee of Utah has just introduced a new bill to stop the . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 1, 2017

President Trump is calling for a major new investment for rebuilding the nation's infrastructure of highways, bridges and more. There is no question that it . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 24, 2017

After twenty four years of a relentless drive for centralized government power through Clinton, Bush and Obama, finally there is a chance to roll back some of . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 23, 2017

After twenty four years of a relentless drive for centralized government power through Clinton, Bush and Obama, finally there is a chance to roll back some of . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 17, 2017

Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers has introduced a new bill (H.R. 193) to end U.S. membership in the United Nations. The bill is the reintroduction of his . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 11, 2017

As the Republicans in Congress struggle to present a workable replacement to Obamacare, the solution is staring them in the face. It's called free enterprise.  . . .

Tom DeWeese

December 22, 2016

I founded the American Policy Center (APC) thirty years ago, back in 1986. I had goals to accomplish and dreams of success. Mostly I just wanted to make a . . .

Tom DeWeese

December 6, 2016

This past Halloween I had an opportunity to take part in an activity that I haven't done in a couple of decades – hand out candy to the children on . . .

Tom DeWeese

November 22, 2016

Many seem bewildered by the anti-Trump riots and demonstrations. And many keep trying to find a reasonable response. Give it up. You can't reason with them with . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 25, 2016

What happens when the forces of evil gain power and the necessary technology to destroy an entire culture for their own means? That is the story of my new . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 22, 2016

America's homeowners should be shaking in their shoes. The federal government has decided that people who have worked, saved and planned so they can buy homes . . .

Tom DeWeese

May 11, 2016

Every day, in meetings at all levels of government, representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), planning groups, and federal agents surround . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 13, 2016

The election campaigns are in full swing. Yet, have you heard a single candidate for President, or even for a lower office, mention the destruction of property . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 27, 2016

"Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can..." John Lennon wrote these words for a fantasy song to glorify his understanding of the road to peace. John may . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 6, 2016

"Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can..." John Lennon wrote these words for a fantasy song to glorify his understanding of the road to peace. John may . . .

Tom DeWeese

December 2, 2015

On September 29, 2015, Attorney General Loretta Lynch delivered a speech to the United Nations that should be considered one of the most powerful and . . .

Tom DeWeese

November 13, 2015

I am fed up to my burning ears with Cart Blanc castigation of Conservatives! The other day I accidentally landed on MSNBC just in time to hear a discussion . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 28, 2015

The UN just wrapped up yet another international meeting attended by thousands of delegates and world leaders. This time they introduced and unanimously . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 26, 2015

If you had a time machine and could travel back to 1992 as the UN's Earth Summit was underway, and you knew what you know now about Agenda 21, imagine the . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 14, 2015

If you had a time machine and could travel back to 1992 as the UN's Earth Summit was underway, and you knew what you know now about Agenda 21, imagine the . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 2, 2015

Many of the younger generation must be truly bewildered over the emotions older Americans display when expressing love, devotion, respect and reverence for our . . .

Tom DeWeese

August 21, 2015

The American way of life, based on a strong middle class established through free enterprise and ownership of private property, is under assault like never . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 20, 2015

Senator Rand Paul is taking a lot of heat from establishment Conservatives and some in the media for his unwavering stand against the Patriot Act. The party . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 2, 2015

The number of candidates for President seems to grow on a daily basis. Each new candidate attempts to convince us they are the new hope for a better tomorrow. . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 27, 2015

Recently I was invited to address the state legislature of Maine to discuss Agenda 21 and its assault on private property rights. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED . . .

Tom DeWeese

March 19, 2015

Many Americans believe Bill Clinton has spent his years away from the White House simply enjoying the good life of an ex-president. He gets a full security team . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 12, 2015

Author's Note: Last year, Dr. Ben Carson upset Barrack Obama by speaking out against Obamacare during a public meeting in which Obama was also present. It . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 3, 2015

Thousands of grassroots activists across the nation have taken up the fight against Agenda 21 and its policy of Sustainable Development. Where once there . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 6, 2015

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is the mainstream organization to which nearly every real estate agent in the nation belongs as a means to keep up . . .

Tom DeWeese

December 5, 2014

Recently Americans were shocked by the surfacing of video clearly revealing the blatant arrogance of White House Medical Consultant Jonathon Gruber as he . . .

Tom DeWeese

November 13, 2014

For the past few decades the Communist regime of China has been driving toward world supremacy, both economically and militarily. The regime's main target has . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 25, 2014

If you happened to see the Fox News, Megan Kelly (The Kelly File) interview with Bill Ayres, you witnessed a master of propaganda and misdirection, as Ayers . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 15, 2014

You know, it's been a couple of years since my book was published and I have sold a lot of them as I travel across the country, speaking about Agenda 21. But I . . .

Tom DeWeese

September 18, 2014

Who are these None governmental Organizations (NGOs) shock troops and how do they operate? It's a vast matrix composed of both the private NGO groups and . . .

Tom DeWeese

August 20, 2014

The news is full of the "humanitarian crisis" taking place on the U.S. southern border. We hear of the "unaccompanied children" who have been tragically . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 30, 2014

The attacks came fast and furious, from March through June. A coordinated attack to vilify, ostracize and neutralize efforts by local citizen activists who are . . .

Tom DeWeese

July 9, 2014

Our battle to expose and stop Agenda 21 has grown more intense over the past few months. More counties and states across the nation are taking action against . . .

Tom DeWeese

June 25, 2014

I first issued the following article in 2005. Since that time, planning groups like the American Planning Association and other Non-governmental organizations  . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 30, 2014

For the past few decades the Communist regime of China has been driving toward world supremacy, both economically and militarily. The regime's main target has . . .

Tom DeWeese

April 22, 2014

In February, 2014, I was invited to present the keynote address to the annual Clouds Over America conference in Oklahoma City, OK. Part of the program that . . .

Tom DeWeese

March 11, 2014

I've written many articles in the past concerning my opposition to a Constitutional Convention (Con Con). I've also helped in successful fights in Ohio and . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 19, 2014

As the Obamacare debate rages, we hear much about insurance companies, costs and people's ability to pay. We hear the policy defended as proponents tell us it . . .

Tom DeWeese

February 7, 2014

You and I have been fighting it for years. We've made progress, but not enough. That lack of progress is enough to discourage many activists to leave our fight . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 22, 2014

A new film entitled "Cesar Chaves, American Hero," will invade American theaters this Spring. I'm calling on all patriotic Americans to boycott and picket this . . .

Tom DeWeese

January 7, 2014

Over the past few years, as we've educated people on Agenda 21 and its UN origins, the natural reaction by concerned citizens and property rights activists has . . .

Tom DeWeese

December 11, 2013

In 1836, 150 courageous and dedicated men died defending the Alamo. They fought in opposition to the rise of authoritarian big government as Mexico abandoned . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 29, 2013

Just a few years ago some American citizens came together to demand change. They were fed up with decades of out of control government growth; confiscation of . . .

Tom DeWeese

October 19, 2013

On July 23, 2004, I addressed the fifth annual Freedom 21 Conference in Reno, Nevada. Freedom 21 was the first coalition of limited government/private property . . .