The State Department's "counter-propanda" office, the "Global Engagement Center" has recently had its budget doubled by a $40 million cash transfer from the Pentagon. What does this mean? The US government will do much more meddling in the internal affairs of foreign...
Month: February 2018
Endgame Russia: NATO Sprawl Invades Eastern Europe, No More Illusions
by Robert Bridge | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured Articles
In the past, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) justified its militarization of large swaths of Eastern Europe by pointing to the omnipresent threat of terrorism, or some 'rogue' foreign state, inherently understood to be Iran. Today the mask has slipped...
US Special Envoy on North Korea Retires After Trump Rejects Talks
by Jason Ditz | Feb 28, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US special envoy on North Korea Joseph Yun, an advocate of direct diplomacy with the reclusive nation since 2016 has informed the State Department of his intention to retire on Friday.Though he didn’t offer a specific statement on this sudden decision, it came...
25 Years Ago: Feds Attack at Waco in Name of Gun Control
by James Bovard | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured Articles
Twenty-five years ago today, federal agents launched a military style attack on peaceful Texas residents who were suspected of having modified firearms. At a time when much of the media is in a frenzy in favor of gun control, the ATF raid on the Branch Davidians is a...
Meaningless Words Alert: Neoconservatives are Now ‘Classical Liberals
by Jeff Deist | Feb 27, 2018 | Neocon Watch
Mona Charen The term "classical liberal" always has been a misnomer, in that it presupposes an earlier or undiluted form of liberalism that must be distinguished semantically and temporally. and But the great historian Ralph Raico disabused us of this empty...
Blundering Into Iran
by Philip Giraldi | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured Articles
The deluge of recent reporting regarding possible conflict with nuclear armed North Korea has somewhat obscured consideration of the much higher probability that Israel or even Saudi Arabia will take steps that will lead to a war with Iran that will inevitably draw...
Breaking: Congressional Progressive Caucus, Liberty Caucus to Meet on War Authorization
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 27, 2018 | Congress Alert
In a very encouraging sign, the US House Progressive Caucus and Liberty Caucus will hold a joint meeting today (Feb. 27th) at 2:30 Eastern time to discuss strategies to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Force (AUMF) against forces that attacked the US on...
Armed and Dangerous: If Police Don’t Have to Protect the Public, What Good Are They?
by John W. Whitehead | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured Articles
In the American police state, police have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.In fact, police don’t usually need much incentive to shoot and kill members of the public.Police have shot and killed Americans of all ages—many of them unarmed—for standing a...
Ron Paul Wins a Stosscar!
by Adam Dick | Feb 27, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences missed its opportunity to award libertarian communicator Ron Paul an Oscar after his small roles in the 2014 movies Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? and Alongside Night. But, on Tuesday — a week before the awarding of...
More North Korea Sanctions: Who Benefits? Who Suffers?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 26, 2018 | The Liberty Report
President Trump has wasted no time to ramp up tensions after the brief Olympic North/South Korea thaw. He has announced "heavy" new sanctions on North Korea and any country that dares trade with North Korea. Will the US military begin boarding foreign-flagged ships on...
Growing Risk of US-Iran Hostilities Based on False Pretexts, Intel Vets Warn
by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity | Feb 26, 2018 | Featured Articles
As President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week, a group of U.S. intelligence veterans offers corrections to a number of false accusations that have been levelled against Iran.February 26, 2018MEMORANDUM FOR: The...
Is the (Tea) Party Over?
by Ron Paul | Feb 25, 2018 | Featured Articles
The recently-passed big-spending budget deal’s failure to generate significant opposition from the “tea party” has led some to pen obituaries for this once-powerful movement. These commentators may have a point. However, few of them understand the true causes of the...
Five Minutes Five Issues: School Shootings, Korean War II, Sessions Nonsense, Syria Missions, Liberland
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Saturday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.Listen to the new episode here:Read a transcript of the new...
Syria’s Two East-Ghouta Campaigns: One For Liberation, The Other To Save Terrorists
by Moon of Alabama | Feb 24, 2018 | Featured Articles
Daily mortar and missile attacks against the Syrian capital Damascus have been ongoing for years but intensified in recent months. The often quoted Syrian Observatory notes: ... raising to 116 persons at least including 18 children and 14 citizen women, who were...
What Would an ‘America First!’ Security Policy Look Like?
by James George Jatras | Feb 24, 2018 | Featured Articles
Republicans love to caricature Democrats as big spenders whose only approach to any problem is to throw money at it. As with most caricatures, it is made easy by the fact that it is mostly true. At least when it comes to domestic entitlement programs, nobody can top...
Why One War When We Can Have Two!
by Eric Margolis | Feb 24, 2018 | Featured Articles
"We will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists, but great-power competition – not terrorism – is now the primary focus of US national security." Henceforth Russia and China will be America’s main enemies, with Iran and North Korea thrown in for good...
Something For Everyone: Mueller Indictment a Boon for Partisan Status Quo
by Whitney Webb | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured Articles
Last Friday, depending on which side of the partisan divide one was watching from, President Trump was either vindicated or his treachery was confirmed. The impetus for these seemingly disparate reactions was Robert Mueller’s indictment against 13 Russian nationals,...
Nobody Wants to Talk About What Many Mass Shooters Have in Common
by Carey Wedler | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured Articles
In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in the United States, the internet and broadcast news alike are inundated with commentary about why this keeps happening in America. Some blame guns, others blame mental health, and still others confidently blame false...
America’s Elite Thinks it Has a Divine Right to Rule the World
by Bryan MacDonald | Feb 22, 2018 | Featured Articles
America’s ruling class has a curious attitude to democracy. It seems to be interpreted as something that’s good for the US and its allies but bad for critters who won't accept their role in the "America-led international order."First off, let me be clear. I think all...
Will ‘Extreme Security’ Solve The School Shooting Problem?
by Daniel McAdams | Feb 22, 2018 | The Liberty Report
Should we make schools even more like prisons to keep kids safe from mass shootings? Should we further restrict firearm ownership among private citizens? Is that the problem? Or is there a deeper problem in our society that is making some people violent? How about the...
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