Donald Trump claimed that he wanted a different foreign policy, but then he went and hired neocons for the State Department, Pentagon, White House, and so on. In the meantime, both Republicans and Democrats have found something to agree on: a new Cold War with Russia....
Month: July 2017
America Declares Economic War Against Europe
by Eric Zuesse | Jul 31, 2017 | Featured Articles
On Friday night, July 28, US President Donald Trump said that he would sign into law the increased economic sanctions (passed by 98-2 in the Senate and 419-3 in the House) against any business that is declared to have "knowingly provided goods or services... for...
North Korea or Iran…Where Will President Trump Attack First?
by Ron Paul | Jul 31, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Trump seems to be impatiently racing toward at least one disastrous war. Maybe two. The big question is who will be first? North Korea or Iran? Over the past several days President Trump has sent two nuclear-capable B-1 bombers over the Korean peninsula to...
Russia’s Expulsion of Staff From the US Embassy in Moscow is Unprecedented and Huge
by Alexander Mercouris | Jul 31, 2017 | Featured Articles
Last autumn, as the Obama administration considered mass expulsions of Russian diplomats from the US in response to the burgeoning Russiagate scandal, John Tefft – the US ambassador to Russia – is reported to have warned against taking this step. Tefft’s reasons for...
Andrew Napolitano on Natural Law and Positivism
by Adam Dick | Jul 30, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking last week at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s annual Mises University, Andrew Napolitano presented a captivating speech regarding legal issues, including an examination of natural law and positivism. In the speech, Napolitano, who is the senior judicial...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Russia Sanctions, Veterans Marijuana, DOJ Policy, Colin Kaepernick, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Jul 29, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show atStitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Bipartisanship! The Evil Party and Stupid Party Team Up to Cripple Trump, Subvert the Rule of Law, and Put the US on a Road to War
by James George Jatras | Jul 29, 2017 | Featured Articles
The overwhelming approval by both chambers of the US Congress of a bill imposing new, permanent sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea puts President Donald Trump in an impossible position. He can either sign the bill or allow it to become law without his...
Countdown To War On Venezuela
by Moon of Alabama | Jul 29, 2017 | Featured Articles
On Sunday Venezuela will hold an general election of participants of a constitutional assembly. Half of the representatives will be elected from regular electoral districts. The other half will be elected from and by eight special constituencies like "workers",...
Get Out of Afghanistan and Go Home
by Brian Cloughley | Jul 28, 2017 | Featured Articles
In Afghanistan on 24 July, a Taliban suicide bomber killed forty people in the centre of Kabul, just four days after a US airstrike killed 16 Afghan policemen in Helmand Province. Both incidents of slaughter were terrible and highlighted the US State Department...
A Nonintervention Lesson from Ron Paul
by Adam Dick | Jul 28, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Sometimes, nonintervention advocate and former United States presidential candidate Ron Paul is given an opportunity in an interview to address in detail his view on US foreign policy and interventions abroad, from the Korean and Vietnam Wars decades back to the...
US Sanctions Aimed at Russia Strike Western European Allies
by Diana Johnstone | Jul 28, 2017 | Featured Articles
Do they know what they are doing? When the US Congress adopts draconian sanctions aimed mainly at disempowering President Trump and ruling out any move to improve relations with Russia, do they realize that the measures amount to a declaration of economic war against...
The Atlantic Council: Experts on the Front Line of Disinformation
by Bryan MacDonald | Jul 27, 2017 | Featured Articles
NATO's academic wing has been warning about disinformation for years. And it's no wonder when its staff and contributors are so well-versed in the practice themselves.The Atlantic Council is an organization dedicated to discussion between people who hate Russia and...
Breaking: Senate Passes Russia, Iran, North Korea Sanctions Bill, 98-2!
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 27, 2017 | Congress Alert
Minutes ago the US Senate passed HR 3364, the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act by a massive 98 yeas to two nays. Opposing the bill were Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY). The bill passed in the House by 419-3 on Tuesday, with Reps...
Killing and Dying for Minerals
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 27, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Americans might soon have a new reason to thank the troops for their service, at least in Afghanistan, where the troops have been killing and dying for almost 16 years. According to an article in yesterday’s New York Times, “President Trump, searching for a reason to...
Home Alone – Trump Is the Kevin McCallister of American Politics
by David Stockman | Jul 27, 2017 | Featured Articles
It’s as if on election night the shocked and exasperated rulers of the Imperial City ordered Donald Trump to sleep in the White House attic. Unlike Kevin McCallister’s family in the movie, however, the establishment never stopped obsessing about his bratty insolence...
What’s Wrong With Auditing The Fed? Rep. Bill Posey Grills Janet Yellen
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 27, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) recently grilled Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen. Why is the Fed so afraid of transparency, he asked. Rep. Posey joins today's Liberty Report to tell us what he was thinking at the time and also to offer some of his views on...
Libya Report: New Wrinkle in US Plan For Gaddafi-Free Libya
by Richard Galustian | Jul 27, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, has stated that former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif Islam, "is free and in a safe place." Haftar further said he welcomed the idea of the younger Gaddafi playing some sort of political role...
President Trump: The Only America First Afghan Policy is to Get Out of Afghanistan
by Michael Scheuer | Jul 26, 2017 | Featured Articles
Just when you think that you have heard all of the asinine ideas possible about US involvement in Afghanistan, out comes one that is so hideously ridiculous that you must assume the authors are demented and writing from a well-secured asylum.The quote below comes from...
If Trump Doesn’t Veto Sanctions Bill, ‘He’s Given Up on His Presidency’
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 26, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Trump is either uninterested in pursuing the policies he outlined on the campaign trail when it comes to Russia or he is so cornered on the new Russia sanctions bill that he knows he can't win and is afraid to take the political risk of a veto. Whatever the...
Migrant Crisis, Secession, And More…Ask Ron Paul!
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 26, 2017 | The Liberty Report
In today's Liberty Report, Ron Paul takes viewer questions via Twitter and serves up in-depth answers to complicated issues. What to do about migration? What about secession as a way to protect our civil liberties? Ron Paul tells all in today's program:
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