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When Strong Men Create Weak Times
Are we witnessing the beginning of a societal collapse disguised as progress?
Dec 2
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Rob Carpenter
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November 2025
INTERPOL WARRANT. TERRORISM CHARGES. Perfect...CDL APPROVED.
While everyone's arguing about whether immigrants should drive trucks, we missed the bigger picture.
Nov 18
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Rob Carpenter
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The $30 Billion Factoring Racket and How Brokers and Shippers Profit From Carrier Desperation
Kickback Schemes, Float Income, and the Financial System Designed to Keep Truckers Cash-Starved
Nov 6
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Rob Carpenter
The Real Cost of Moving Freight. Truck Insurance Up 40% and Your Drivers Are Now Underwriting Risk.
How Non-Domiciled CDL Restrictions, English Language Proficiency Violations, Third-Party Litigation Financing, and Immigration Policy Are Reshaping…
Nov 4
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Rob Carpenter
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October 2025
When Did We Forget How to Survive? The Lost Art of Self-Reliance in Modern America
We’ve created a feed-the-bear situation in which government programs have sustained people for so long that they expect them to continue. They don’t…
Oct 30
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Rob Carpenter
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FMCSA's Non-Domiciled CDL Saga and What the AFSCME/AFT Lawsuit Actually Means for Trucking
A teachers union, two truck drivers, and the future of commercial licensing walk into federal court. This isn't a joke. (Follow-up from my 10/21 Article…
Oct 29
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Rob Carpenter
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We Know How to Stop Illegal Immigrants from Getting CDLs. Here's How We Do It. Part 2 THE SOLUTION.
TWIC Has Worked Since 2007. The Clearinghouse Model Works. Biometric Verification Works. Under $100 Million Annually Would Save Hundreds of Lives, so…
Oct 25
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Rob Carpenter
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PART 1. THE ISSUE. 200,000 Illegal Immigrants Have CDLs and They're Killing People: The I-10 Crash Is Just the Latest.
California's AB60 Pipeline and Federal Immigration Failures Put Jashanpreet Singh Behind the Wheel of an 80,000-Pound Semi.
Oct 25
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Rob Carpenter
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Unexpected Challenge to DOT's Immigrant CDL Rule
Why Are Teacher Unions Leading the Fight?
Oct 21
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Rob Carpenter
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Who Can, and Can’t, Hold a CDL in 2025 and What Fleets Need to Know
The 101 Guide to The New FMCSA Rule on Immigration Status, Work Authorization, and “Non-Domiciled” Drivers
Oct 16
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Rob Carpenter
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Impulse Nation
The psychology that gets you to buy candy sold America on flooding highways with under-trained, unskilled, immigrant drivers.
Oct 15
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Rob Carpenter
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What Truckers Need to Know about H.R. 5688, New Legislation and Regs in a New Era of CDL "Oversight"
Who Knew We Needed Congressional Action To Let Truck Drivers Use the Bathrooms and other Trucking Legislation To Watch 2025–2026
Oct 14
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Rob Carpenter
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