The Ron Paul Institute's second annual Washington, D.C. conference got a shot in the arm over the weekend, as Wikileaks founder and chief editor Julian Assange agreed to open up the Whistleblowers Roundtable with a talk on the recent US Senate and Director of Central...
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War Drums Beating For Venezuela?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 14, 2017 | The Liberty Report
President Trump's recent threats of military action against Venezuela were amplified by his CIA director, Mike Pompeo, over the weekend. Pompeo would have us believe Venezuela is a serious threat to the United States because of his claim that the Russians, Iranians,...
US ‘Greatest Threat To World Peace’? With Lew Rockwell
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 10, 2017 | The Liberty Report
A recent poll of people in 30 countries showed that most respondents find the United States to be the greatest threat to world peace. The results are similar to those of another poll four years ago. Is it true? In today's Liberty Report we are joined by Mises...
Only Morons Believe What The US Government Says About North Korea
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 9, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Usually foreign analysts of the American political scene are either sycophantic or just annoying, but no one would dare say that about Aussie observer Caitlin Johnstone, whose punk rock style of cutting to the chase is as refreshing as it can be shocking (I am not a...
Fire And Fury…And Profits! Korea Crisis Great For The War Industry
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 9, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Yesterday's heated rhetoric set most normal people on edge. Would the US and North Korea launch a massive war where millions would surely be killed? One group feeling good about it all, however, are those who make billions in profit from scaring the American people --...
War Drums Beating: North Korea Tops The List
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 8, 2017 | The Liberty Report
Last weekend's UN Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea for testing missiles opens the door to a US pre-emptive strike on the country. Russia and China foolishly went along with the US and voted for more sanctions thinking that it would open...
The Antiwar Conservatives, With Rep. John Duncan, Jr.
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 7, 2017 | The Liberty Report
What is it like to vote against war in a conservative Congressional district? Rep. John Duncan (R-TN) found out that you can vote your conscience, explain it to your constituents, and continue to get elected. And educate conservatives about war in the process. Rep....
Russia Sanctions and The Coming Crackdown on Americans
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 3, 2017 | Featured Articles
Illustration from "Hamilton 68" project website.Last week I wrote an article and did an interview explaining that in my reading of the new Russia sanctions bill just signed by President Trump, there is a measure opening the door to a US government crackdown on some of...
We’re Losing Afghanistan. Can We Win?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 3, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Trump summoned his generals and experts to the "situation room" at the White House late last month. He was furious that there was no plan to win Afghanistan and that after 16 years we were, in his words, "losing" in Afghanistan. What can be done? Some told...
Trump Signs Sanctions Bill – Another Deep State Victory
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 2, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With the new Russia sanctions bill passed and signed into law, President Trump's room to improve relations with Russia is nearly non-existent. He will not be able to remove the sanctions without permission from Congress, and that is unlikely to come. This is exactly...
Trump’s US National Security Strategy – New Wine In Old Bottles?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a recent interview, Sebastian Gorka, an aide to President Trump, denounced "stale thinking" on national security policy over the past 30 years. He said that the White House was working on a new National Security Strategy for the United States that would reject the...
New Russia Sanctions Come as Hacking Narrative Falls Apart
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Why more sanctions on Russia now over the 2014 Ukraine coup and aftermath? Why new sanctions now as the claims that Russia "hacked" the US election seem to be based on ever more flimsy assumptions? Because sanctions are falsely seen as a harmless way for Washington to...
Real Bipartisanship: Republicans And Democrats Unite For New Cold War
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 31, 2017 | The Liberty Report
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....
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...
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...
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:
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...
Israel Anti-Boycott Act – An Attack On Free Speech?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 25, 2017 | The Liberty Report
A widely-supported bill in the House and Senate would make it a felony to support or endorse efforts to boycott the state of Israel over its policies toward the Palestinians. Conviction could result in a maximum $250,000 civil fine plus a $1,000,000 criminal fine and...
House Passes New Russia Sanctions, Pumps Adrenaline Into Cold War 2.0
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 25, 2017 | Congress Alert
Late this afternoon the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 3364, the "Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act." The vote was 419-3, with the only nays coming from Republicans Justin Amash (R-MI), John Duncan (R-TN), and Thomas Massie...
Mr. Trump: Veto This Bill! – Sanctions Lead To War
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 24, 2017 | Featured Articles
The US House is expected to vote tomorrow on yet another round of sanctions on Russia, North Korea, and Iran. Russia and Iran are targeted for their role in fighting ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq, which Congress calls "destabilizing." Russia is also targeted for...
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