House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered his "major" policy speech this week on the need to pass Republican tax reform. He promised it would be passed this year. As Dr. Paul points out in today's Liberty Report, there's virtually no chance tax reform will result in less...
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Security…or Surveillance? The Edward Snowden Interview
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 20, 2017 | The Liberty Report
What does former NSA analyst turned whistleblower Edward Snowden have to tell us about liberty? About trading a little freedom for government promises of security? Does he feel that his historic release of government documents showing how the NSA spies on all of us,...
Escalation! US Hits Syrian Jet, Russia Cuts Communications
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 19, 2017 | The Liberty Report
A US Navy F-18 shot down a Syrian military aircraft over Syrian territory Sunday, marking the first time the US has engaged in air to air combat since the US attack on Yugoslavia in 1999. US claims that the Syrians were targeting US-backed rebels were undermined by...
New Russia Sanctions: The Deep State Unifies Congress
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured Articles
When it comes to bad foreign policy, the House and Senate are completely bipartisan. Yesterday's 97-2 Senate vote for more Russia sanctions was a perfect case in point. What justifies yet more sanctions on Russia? Violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine,...
Gen. Mattis Admits Afghanistan Truth: After 15 Years, No End In Sight
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 14, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Defense Secretary James Mattis was grilled before the Senate yesterday, with Sen. McCain expressing his frustration that there is no new strategy yet to "win" in Afghanistan. Mattis promised a new approach by July, but the real question is that after the 2009 surge of...
Global Peace Index: Where Do We Rank…And Why?
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 13, 2017 | Featured Articles
The new world ranking of peaceful and non-peaceful countries is out, and the results present the best case imaginable against US interventionism overseas. Of the ten least peaceful countries, nine of them have been on the receiving end of US destabilization, "regime...
Showdown: Senate ‘Block Saudi Weapons Sale’ Vote Tomorrow
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 12, 2017 | Congress Alert
The Senate is expected to vote as early as tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon on a measure to disapprove of President Trump's announced deal to transfer half a billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. The bipartisan measure, introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and...
Qatar Chaos: Washington’s Middle East Mass Confusion
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 12, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Shortly after President Trump returned from his Middle East trip, Saudi Arabia and other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) broke diplomatic relations with fellow GCC member Qatar and established a blockade around the tiny country. The Saudi pretext was...
Comey Under The Gun: Truth-Telling…Or Just Politics?
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 8, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Will the Comey Senate testimony put an end to the "Russiagate" scandal and the issue of whether President Trump will continue to be hobbled by suggestions he pressured the FBI to drop investigations? Don't count on it, but we break down today's explosive hearing in...
Russia: US-Declared ‘De-Confliction Zone’ In Syria Illegitimate
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 7, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Yesterday marked the second time US military forces have attacked Syrian government-allied forces fighting ISIS inside Syria near the Iraqi border. The US government, which maintains an illegal base on Syrian soil, claims any Syrian encroachment within 50km of the...
White House Blames Iranian Victims for ISIS Attack
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 7, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is particularly bloody to use an official statement of sympathy over a terrorist attack as a vehicle to promote war against the victim country, but that is exactly what the Trump White House did today after dual attacks in Iran left at least a dozen civilians...
Rep. Walter Jones to Congress: Stop Funding Afghan War!
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 6, 2017 | Congress Alert
Rep. Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC) has looked at war from both sides. As he has readily shared with us, he was hoodwinked by the US intelligence community in the run-up to the Iraq war. He attended the briefings and he trusted the "professionals." As the neocon promised...
London Attacks: Don’t Blame Iran
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 5, 2017 | Featured Articles
UK Prime Minister Theresa May wants to blame YouTube for yesterday's deadly London attack. She thinks terrorism can be stopped by pushing the "superiority" of British values...and more bombs on the Middle East. President Trump wants to ban people from seven countries...
Washington’s War on Food is Making Us Sick!
by Daniel McAdams | Jun 2, 2017 | Featured Articles
You don't have to drink raw milk or buy your meat directly from the farmer to agree that others should have this right. After all, the right to choose what we put in our bodies is fundamental, even if the government feels it has the right to tell us what's "good" for...
Memorial Day: What Should We Remember?
by Daniel McAdams | May 29, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Memorial Day should not be a celebration of militarism. It is intended to be a day to memorialize those who have died in battle. What to memorialize? Watch today's Ron Paul Liberty Report!
NSA Spying On Americans ‘Widespread’ – Let Sec. 702 Expire!
by Daniel McAdams | May 25, 2017 | The Liberty Report
In October, 2016, the NSA was forced to admit that it had misused Sec. 702 of the FISA Amendments to spy on far more Americans than it should have. Even the normally very compliant FISA Court condemned the ramped up spying on Americans as raising serious Fourth...
Taking Peace And Prosperity to Washington, DC!
by Daniel McAdams | May 25, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI's Washington "Peace and Prosperity 2016" ConferenceLast year we "brought the show on the road" to Washington, D.C., with our "Peace and Prosperity 2016" conference. We sold out the venue, had a great time with terrific speakers, and even had CSPAN broadcast the...
Was Manchester Blowback?
by Daniel McAdams | May 24, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Western intervention in Libya opened the country up to radical Islamist gangs which had been suppressed under Gaddafi. Just as Gaddafi warned. Same in Syria, where western destabilization efforts have led to an al-Qaeda and ISIS presence that was not there before the...
Manchester Bomber Was Product of West’s Libya/Syria Intervention
by Daniel McAdams | May 24, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Here's what the media and politicians don't want you to know about the Manchester, UK, suicide attack: Salman Abedi, the 22 year old who killed nearly two dozen concert-goers in Manchester, UK, was the product of the US and UK overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya and "regime...
Manchester Tragedy: Understanding The Big Picture
by Daniel McAdams | May 23, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Yesterday's tragedy at a Manchester, UK music concert reminds us that the threat of terrorism remains with us. ISIS claimed responsibility and governments will no doubt respond. But will their response make future attacks more or less likely? Also, we must look at the...
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