Photo creditRussia did not hack the DNC. This is not an opinion. It is a conclusion that flows from one very specific claim made by the Special Counsel—i.e., Guccifer 2.0 was a fictional identity created by Russian Military Intelligence, the GRU. If Guccifer was in...
Month: May 2019
Trump Wants 10K More Troops In The Middle East. For What?
by Daniel McAdams | May 23, 2019 | The Liberty Report
Just over a week since it was floated that 120,000 US troops could go to the Middle East to confront Iran, now we are hearing that the president wants 10,000 troops. Where will they be based? Are they to go up against Iran's military? Or are there other targets in...
Assange Hit With Espionage Act Violations As DoJ Unveils 17 New Charges
by Tyler Durden | May 23, 2019 | Featured Articles
The worst fears of Julian Assange's legal team have just been realized. Just as Wikileaks' editor in chief anticipated, the DoJ has revealed that a grand jury in Virginia has returned a new 18-count superseding indictment against Assange that includes violations of...
US and UK Policy Toward Libya Shifts to ISIS and the Brotherhood
by Richard Galustian | May 23, 2019 | Featured Articles
“The West” is much divided over what should happen in Libya. This is particularly true for France and Italy, who each have vast oil and gas economic interests and are increasingly at odds with one another. While admittedly the US and UK have an eye on their potential...
Delusional Pentagon: ‘We Beat Iran Without Firing A Shot!’
by Daniel McAdams | May 22, 2019 | The Liberty Report
US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said this week that Iran's intended attack on the US or its allies in the region have been put on hold thanks to the deployment of a US carrier strike group and a handful of B-52s to the region. Details about the original threat,...
Revisiting Ron Paul’s 1988 Case for Drug Legalization
by Adam Dick | May 22, 2019 | Featured Articles
Ron Paul Institute (RPI) Senior Fellow Adam Dick’s prepared comments for RPI’s May 18, 2019 Houston, Texas conference “Winning the War on the War on Drugs”: Ron Paul helped many people discover libertarian ideas in his presidential campaigns. For me, during Dr. Paul’s...
US Accuses Syria Of More Chemical Attacks Just As Chemical Weapons Narrative Crumbles
by Caitlin Johnstone | May 22, 2019 | Featured Articles
The Institute for Public Accuracy published a report today about the leaked engineering assessment from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria which directly contradicts the findings of...
Poll: Almost Half Of College Students Do Not Believe First Amendment Protects Hate Speech
by Jonathan Turley | May 22, 2019 | Featured Articles
We have previously discussed how speech codes and regulations are changing the way students are viewing free speech. There is now a steady message for students from elementary school to college that speech must be regulated and that even people can be punished for not...
Fair Trial? US Steals Assange’s Legal Papers
by Daniel McAdams | May 21, 2019 | The Liberty Report
The treacherous government of Ecuador has opened Julian Assange's private quarters at its UK embassy up to US investigators, who have seized Assange's legal defense documents, medical records, and electronic devices. In what kind of court is the prosecution allowed to...
Impeach Trump But Only for the Right Reason
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 21, 2019 | Featured Articles
Notwithstanding the fact that their Special Counsel Robert Mueller, after a long detailed investigation, found no evidence that President Trump illegally conspired with Russian officials in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, Democrats are still hell bent on...
Do Iranian ‘Threats’ Signal Organized US-Israel Subterfuge?
by Gareth Porter | May 21, 2019 | Featured Articles
President Donald Trump’s national security team has been leaking “intelligence” about Iranian threats for a week now in an attempt to justify escalating tensions, including moving American air attack assets to the Persian Gulf. But a closer look suggests that National...
Violence Against Women Act Does Violence to the Constitution
by Ron Paul | May 20, 2019 | Featured Articles
A common trick of big-government loving politicians is to give legislation names so appealing that it seems no reasonable person could oppose it. The truth is, the more unobjectionable the title, the more objectionable the content. Two well-known examples are the...
Rockets In Baghdad’s Green Zone – False Flag Or Iran Attack?
by Daniel McAdams | May 20, 2019 | The Liberty Report
A small rocket was fired in Baghdad's Green Zone (the US Embassy neighborhood) yesterday and the Trump Administration has been quick to take advantage of the apparent attack to blame Iran. Fortunately - and amazingly - the US Administration had enough foresight to...
CONFIRMED: Chemical Weapons Assessment Contradicting Official Syria Narrative Is Authentic
by Caitlin Johnstone | May 17, 2019 | Featured Articles
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has begun responding to queries by the press about a leaked document which contradicts official OPCW findings on an alleged chemical weapons attack last year in Douma, Syria. The prepared statement...
Trump Administration Withholds Information That Could Debunk Russian Interference Claims
by Moon of Alabama | May 17, 2019 | Featured Articles
On Tuesday Russia's President Putin again rejected US claims that his country interfered in the 2016 elections in the United States. Additional statements by Foreign Minister Lavrov provide that there is more information available about alleged Russian cyber issue...
Trump De-escalating? Satellite Intel Based On Tehran ‘Misreading’ US Intentions
by Tyler Durden | May 17, 2019 | Featured Articles
Soaring tensions of the past nearly two weeks paving the way for a potential direct military clash in the Persian Gulf between the US and Iran could be de-escalating as rapidly as they began as the president attempts to reign in hawks in his own administration, per a...
Marco Rubio: Salesman for Neocon Total War on Iran
by Kurt Nimmo | May 16, 2019 | Neocon Watch
Once again, Marco Rubio is trying to tell us Trump’s neocons are not interested in a war with Iran, despite the fact they have loudly and persistently called for one for two decades. URGENT: 1/5These actions are not the prelude to a U.S. attack against #IranThere is...
Venezuela Peace Talks Open In Norway; US Neocons Raging Mad!
by Daniel McAdams | May 16, 2019 | The Liberty Report
The last time negotiations were planned between Venezuelan government and opposition forces, opposition leader (and US puppet) Guaido launched his ill-fated coup and the talks were scuttled. Today a new effort, brokered by Norway, is being launched to solve the...
Iran Is Not a Major Sponsor of Terrorism, Not Even Close
by Larry C. Johnson | May 16, 2019 | Featured Articles
Self-delusion and denial with regards to Iran's alleged status as the leading sponsor of international terrorism are rampant in Washington and among the punditry. It is crazy, it is dishonest and it is wrong. This is not my opinion. I can do math. I can count. If Iran...
Top British Commander In Rare Public Dispute With US Over Iran Intelligence
by Tyler Durden | May 15, 2019 | Featured Articles
An awkward public exchange unfolded between the US military and its closest allied military coalition force during a Pentagon press conference on Tuesday wherein a top British commander in charge of anti-ISIS coalition forces rebuked White House claims on the...
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