As incoming nominees of a future Biden administration have stopped short in naming a culprit in the SolarWinds hack, the media – playing judge, jury and executioner – has levelled blame on the usual suspect. Did anyone actually believe that Russia would escape a major...
Month: December 2020
Stimulus Bill: Free Money! Why Worry? We OWE It To Ourselves!
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 22, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Forget about borrowing money from China. That's old-fashioned. These days, with yesterday's trillion dollar "stimulus" bill, the Fed just creates free money for Americans! We can all be rich! What could go wrong? The combined 5,500 page "stimulus" bill and omnibus...
Comprehensive analysis of 50 states shows greater spread with mask mandates
by Daniel Horowitz | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
For months, we've been lectured to by the political elites that cases of coronavirus are spreading too quickly and that we must wear masks to stop the spread. The obvious fault with their act of desperation is that they can no longer mask the fact that most parts of...
Busted! Dr. Birx Violates Own ‘Stay At Home’ Order
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 21, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Authoritarian government officials love to mandate that everyone "stay at home" to fight the virus, but when it comes to their own lives, they are not about to give up their freedom. The latest hypocrite is government coronavirus task force leader Dr. Deborah Birx,...
The Washington Post Can’t Stop Babbling About Russians ‘Hacking Our Minds’
by Caitlin Johnstone | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
The Washington Post has published another article warning its readers that the Russians are “hacking our minds”, this one authored by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. “Russia hasn’t just hacked our computer systems. It’s hacked our minds.” blares the ridiculous, propagandistic...

Government, Not Coronavirus, Is Killing Small Businesses
by Ron Paul | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured Articles
A video of a confrontation between Ventura County, California health officials and restaurant owner Anton Van Happen has gone viral. The health officials were ordering Mr. Van Happen to close his business because he allegedly violated California’s ban on outdoor...
Twelve Principles of Public Health
by Dr. Martin Kulldorff | Dec 21, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
1. Public health is about all health outcomes, not just a single disease like Covid-19. It is important to also consider harms from public health measures. More. 2. Public health is about the long term rather than the short term. Spring Covid lockdowns simply delayed...
Doctors, Normal and Abnormal
by Adam Dick | Dec 19, 2020 | Featured Articles
There seem to be few normal doctors around anymore. Try to have an appointment with many doctors over the last few months and they will demand that you put a mask over your nose and mouth — supposedly to block coronavirus transmission. You’d think, given they are...
US Closing Last Two Consulates in Russia
by Dave DeCamp | Dec 19, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Trump administration informed Congress of its plans to close the last two US consulates in Russia, leaving the US embassy in Moscow as the only US diplomatic mission in the country. The State Department sent a letter to congressional leaders on December 10th that...
As the Republic Dies the Next Generation Must Rise
by Tom Luongo | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
The first rule of screenwriting, or in fact any fiction writing, is, “Conflict doesn’t create character, it reveals it.” People are who they are and we only find out what they are made of when tested to their limit. This is the essence of all good storytelling —...
Senators Liken Hack to Russian Invasion Despite Lack of Proof Moscow Was Involved
by Dave DeCamp | Dec 18, 2020 | Neocon Watch
Despite the lack of evidence that Russia was behind a massive hack that appears to have targeted several US government agencies, US senators are calling for retaliation against Moscow, even likening the cyberattack to an invasion. “This is virtually a declaration of...
How Much Does the Pfizer Vaccine Actually Reduce Risk of Hospitalization?
by Gilbert Berdine | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that the Pfizer covid vaccine is 95 percent effective, but what does that statement mean? The details of the Pfizer covid vaccine trial can be found here. As was the case in the previous announcement about the vaccine,...
Instagram is Using False ‘Fact-Checking’ to Protect Joe Biden’s Crime Record From Criticisms
by Glenn Greenwald | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured Articles
A long-standing and vehement criticism of Joe Biden is that legislation he championed as a Senator in the 1980s and 1990s, particularly his crime bill of 1994, contributed to the mass incarceration of Americans generally and African-Americans specifically. Among the...
Time for a New ‘Green Book’ Listing Businesses Welcoming Maskless Customers
by Adam Dick | Dec 17, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Green Book was published from the 1930s through the 1960s. It proved to be a valuable aid for many people. The Green Book provided in its pages information about businesses — restaurants, hotels, gas stations, night clubs, and more — that welcomed black...
Big Brother in Disguise: The Rise of a New, Technological World Order
by John W. And Nisha Whitehead | Dec 16, 2020 | Featured Articles
Early in the morning of Monday, December 15, 2020, Google suffered a major worldwide outage in which all of its internet-connected services crashed, including Nest, Google Calendar, Gmail, Docs, Hangouts, Maps, Meet and YouTube. The outage only lasted an hour, but it...
The Futility and Cruelty of Washington’s Economic Sanctions
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Dec 16, 2020 | Featured Articles
A perennial favorite tactic for officials running U.S. foreign policy has been to impose economic sanctions on countries whose governments defy Washington’s wishes. Sanctions enjoy a reputation among the policy elite of being the responsible "middle option" between...
The Supreme Court had one last chance to keep the American Republic together. It failed.
by Nebojsa Malic | Dec 15, 2020 | Featured Articles
By washing its hands of responsibility to hear the Texas challenge to the 2020 presidential election, the nine Justices of the US Supreme Court may have sealed the country’s fate and made a kinetic civil war much more likely. On Friday, the highest court in the land...
Hunter Biden News Should Shame Dismissive Media Outlets
by Mark Hemingway | Dec 15, 2020 | Featured Articles
Hunter Biden announced Wednesday he is under federal investigation for his financial dealings in foreign countries, including China. While the news sent shockwaves through Washington, D.C., it shouldn’t have been surprising. The announcement confirms many of the...
Has The ‘Village’ Failed The Children?
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 15, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Everyone knows how government policies implemented this year have caused suffering for adults and small businesses. But government policies have also negatively affected the young in so many ways as well. One-size-fits-all policies in a world of individuals runs...
Hollywood Deployed Lobbyists to Win Exemptions to Strict California Lockdown
by Lee Fang | Dec 14, 2020 | Featured Articles
Last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was caught violating his own warnings against multiple households dining together indoors. The Democratic governor was spotted at the French Laundry, an exclusive restaurant north of San Francisco, where he was celebrating the...
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