After 18 years, there is a possibility that the Pentagon is finally going to permit a “trial” of five men who are accused of conspiracy to commit the 9/11 attacks. If so, the proceedings will prove what a charade the Pentagon’s entire “judicial system” at Guantanamo...
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Trump Foreign Policy as Theater of the Absurd
by Philip Giraldi | Sep 10, 2019 | Featured Articles
One might be forgiven for thinking that the foreign policy of the United States is some kind of theatrical performance, like a comic opera, with new characters appearing on stage willy-nilly and then being driven off after committing an incredible faux pas only to be...
Bill Dudley’s Noble Lie
by Ron Paul | Sep 9, 2019 | Featured Articles
Former Federal Reserve official Bill Dudley’s recent op-ed calling for the Federal Reserve to implement policies that will damage President Trump’s reelection campaign states that such action would be unprecedented. Dudley claims the Federal Reserve bases its policies...
Does Trump Believe What He Says About Syria?
by Col. W. Patrick Lang | Sep 9, 2019 | Featured Articles
Why does Donald Trump say the things he does about Syria and its government? He insists that the SAG attacks its people with chemical weapons when such attacks have never been proven. They have only been asserted by opponents of the government and in fact there exists...
‘Hands Off Hong Kong’ – the Cry That Seldom Is Heard
by John V. Walsh | Sep 9, 2019 | Featured Articles
Through the summer the world has watched as protests shook Hong Kong. As early as April they began as peaceful demonstrations which peaked in early June, with hundreds of thousands, in protest of an extradition bill. That bill would have allowed Hong Kong, a Special...
Establishment Right and Left Call for COINTELPRO 2.0
by Kurt Nimmo | Sep 4, 2019 | Featured Articles
Both heads of the two-headed establishment political hydra want to resurrect COINTELPRO, the FBI’s illegal subversion program, in response to speech they oppose and want outlawed. In August, The Verge (owned by liberal Vox Media and founded by former CIA asset Markos...
Meet the Militantly Pro-Israel Trump Official Directing the Economic War on Iran
by Max Blumenthal | Sep 4, 2019 | Featured Articles
Several US citizens have been questioned by the FBI and threatened with arrest for their participation in New Horizon, a public media conference held each year in Iran. The interrogations and threats are the result of orders apparently delivered by Under Secretary for...
Yes, Vaccine Safety IS Too Dangerous for Us to Discuss
by Bretigne Shaffer | Sep 3, 2019 | Featured Articles
Recently, the news and opinion site HuffPost removed an article that had been up for more than six years. The piece, titled “Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court – Now What?” was published in January of 2013, and dealt with a case in which the US...
In Search of a Russiagate Scalp: The Entrapment of Maria Butina
by John Kiriakou | Sep 2, 2019 | Featured Articles
Much has been written about Maria Butina, the Russian “spy” who was accused of seeking to infiltrate the National Rifle Association and other organizations to try to gain a foothold in the Trump campaign and, later, in the White House. Much of it turned out to be...
Bankrupt and Irrelevant: the Presidential Debates and Four Recent Studies on Pentagon Spending
by Chuck Spinney | Sep 2, 2019 | Featured Articles
In the almost 12 hours of Democratic Party presidential primary debates on June 26-27 and July 30-31, the words “Pentagon budget” or “defense spending” were not uttered, except for a fleeting, unanswered comment from Senator Bernie Sanders. Nor did any of the cable...
Forget the Russians: It’s the Federal Reserve Seeking to Meddle in Our Elections
by Ron Paul | Sep 2, 2019 | Featured Articles
The US Constitution never granted the federal government authority to create a central bank. The Founders, having lived through hyperinflation themselves, understood that government should never have a printing press at its disposal. But from the very beginning of...
Do ratings trump accountability in journalism? Latest retracted MSNBC ‘bombshell’ suggests ‘yes’
by Danielle Ryan | Aug 31, 2019 | Featured Articles
Lawrence O’Donnell’s walkback of a supposed “bombshell” story involving a claim that Donald Trump received loans co-signed by Russian billionaires is the latest sign that journalism has become accountability-free. Indicating that MSNBC deliberately chose to prioritize...
Saudi Arabia Acknowledges Defeat In Yemen – Starts To Sue For Peace
by Moon of Alabama | Aug 30, 2019 | Featured Articles
Two weeks ago we wrote that war on Yemen will soon end. The Saudis lost their ally, they lost the war and would have to sue for peace. They are now doing so. But their fighting in Yemen will continue until that country finds a new balance. Today the United Arab...
Julian Assange: Deprivation of Justice and Double Standards in Belmarsh Prison
by Nina Cross | Aug 30, 2019 | Featured Articles
Alfred de Zayas, former UN Rapporteur, has described the actions of the British authorities in pursuit of Assange as “… contrary to the rule of law and contrary to the spirit of the law.” What we see on the surface is an illusion of British justice, masking a...
Keep Your Powder Dry, Comey Is Not Out of the Woods
by Larry C. Johnson | Aug 29, 2019 | Featured Articles
There is no doubt that Jim Comey was part of a conspiracy to destroy Donald Trump and his Presidency. But all the evidence is not yet on the record. There is some understandable frustration reverberating around the web that Comey is not being indicted in the wake of...
How To Make Sense Of Foreign Protests, Conflicts And Uprisings
by Caitlin Johnstone | Aug 28, 2019 | Featured Articles
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, our government-funded media outlet, has published an article titled “Australian expat living in Hong Kong throws off business suit to join protest movement“. The entire story is in the headline: some random guy, who ABC keeps...
New Jersey Event Canceled After Threats From Anti-Free Speech Groups
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 27, 2019 | Featured Articles
We have been discussing the rising attacks on free speech across the country, including students and faculty who support the silencing of speakers who hold opposing views. What is most concerning is that these attacks are working. The latest example can be found in...
The FBI Tried and Failed to Entrap Donald Trump Using his Business Associate, Felix Sater
by Larry C. Johnson | Aug 27, 2019 | Featured Articles
I am revisiting a story I did nine months ago about Felix Sater and the Steele Dossier (you can read it here). Let me cut to the chase--Felix Sater was an FBI informant since 1998. He was originally signed on as a "cooperator" in December 1998 by Robert Mueller's...
Rothbard and War
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Aug 27, 2019 | Featured Articles
This talk was delivered at the Ron Paul Institute’s Conference on Breaking Washington’s Addiction to War.Murray Rothbard was the creator of the modern libertarian movement and a close friend of both Ron Paul and me. His legacy was a great one, and at the Mises...
Who Are The Real Extremists?
by Ron Paul | Aug 26, 2019 | Featured Articles
The recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton have re-ignited efforts to pass “Red Flag” laws, which allow the government to take away a person’s guns without due process, and expanded background checks on those wishing to purchase a gun. Some supporters of these...
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