Last week the United States Supreme Court, in the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, ruled that the Constitution’s Commerce Clause allows state governments to force out-of-state businesses to collect state sales taxes. This decision overturns the court’s precedent that...
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The Diseased, Lying, Condition of America’s ‘News’ Media
by Eric Zuesse | Jun 24, 2018 | Featured Articles
Both President Trump and former President Obama are commonly said in America’s "news" media to be or to have been “ceding Syria to Russia” or “ceding Syria to Russia and Iran,” or similar allegations. They imply that "we" own (or have some right to control) Syria....
Syria – Damascus And Its Allies Prepare To Remove US Forces From Al-Tanf
by Moon of Alabama | Jun 22, 2018 | Featured Articles
via Sura - Iraqi, Syrian, Iranian and Russian officers in the operations room Baghdad - bigger On June 8 we asked if the then ongoing ISIS attack on Albu Kamal was part of a US plan: There is sneaking suspicion that the US directed the ongoing ISIS attack on Abu Kamal...
Ron Paul Rewind: The Constitution and Its Rejection by the US Government
by Adam Dick | Jun 22, 2018 | Featured Articles
The United States Constitution was ratified 230 years ago this week as the foundational law of the US government, when on June 21, 1788 New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document. In the year 2000, then-United States House of Representatives Member...
Breaking In a President
by Philip Giraldi | Jun 21, 2018 | Featured Articles
I recall how a friend of mine who once served as a senior Pentagon intelligence briefer described what he called “breaking in” a new president. Today, incoming presidents receive some intelligence briefings so that they do not land in office on a cold January day...
What Kind of Country Are We?
by Kurt Nimmo | Jun 21, 2018 | Featured Articles
Photo: Time Magazine.That’s what Time magazine tweeted this morning. It is trying to place the blame for Trump’s immigration policy—specifically, his separation policy—on all Americans. Time wants us to stand up for the children.But Time says nothing about the...
Pro-War Media Deserve Criticism, Not Sainthood
by James Bovard | Jun 21, 2018 | Featured Articles
The media nowadays are busy congratulating themselves for their vigorous criticism of Donald Trump. To exploit that surge of sanctimony, Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg rushed out The Post, a movie depicting an epic press battle with the Nixon administration....
Julian Assange and the Mindszenty Case
by Ray McGovern | Jun 20, 2018 | Featured Articles
During World War II Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty was a huge critic of fascism and wound up in prison. In Oct. 1945 he became head of the Church in Hungary and spoke out just as strongly against Communist oppression. He wound up back in prison for eight more years,...
The Texas Republican Party Now Supports Rolling Back Marijuana Prohibition. What’s Next?
by Adam Dick | Jun 19, 2018 | Featured Articles
Over the weekend, delegates at the Texas Republican Party’s statewide convention voted by wide margins in favor of several roll-backs of marijuana prohibition. With over 80 percent support, the delegates approved three state party platform planks calling,...
Will the Real Donald Trump Please Stand Up?
by Philip Giraldi | Jun 19, 2018 | Featured Articles
I had coffee with a foreign friend a week ago. The subject of Donald Trump inevitably came up and my friend said that he was torn between describing Trump as a genius or as an idiot, but was inclined to lean towards genius. He explained that Trump was willy-nilly...
Government Eyes Are Watching You: We Are All Prisoners of the Surveillance State
by John W. Whitehead | Jun 18, 2018 | Featured Articles
“We’re run by the Pentagon, we're run by Madison Avenue, we're run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don't revolt we'll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche.... As long as we go out and buy stuff, we're at their mercy… We...
Why Can’t We Sue the TSA For Assault?
by Ron Paul | Jun 18, 2018 | Featured Articles
When I was in Congress and had to regularly fly between DC and Texas, I was routinely subjected to invasive “pat-downs” (physical assaults) by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). One time, exasperated with the constant insults to my privacy and dignity,...
Inspector General’s Report on FBI and Clinton’s Emails Shows Secrecy Threatens Democracy
by James Bovard | Jun 17, 2018 | Featured Articles
The inspector general report on the FBI’s investigation of Hillary Clinton contained plenty of bombshells, including a promise by lead FBI investigator Peter Strzok that “we’ll stop” Donald Trump from becoming president. The report reveals how unjustified secrecy and...
A Politically Weaponized FBI is Nothing New, But Plenty Dangerous
by James Bovard | Jun 14, 2018 | Featured Articles
The Justice Department Inspector General is expected to release on Thursday its report on alleged FBI misconduct during the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump supporters and opponents are already pre-spinning the report to vindicate or undercut the president....
US Officially Resumes Funding For The White Helmets In Syria
by Tyler Durden | Jun 14, 2018 | Featured Articles
Screenshots from a four-minute video documents that the US government has been lying about the White Helmets' role as mere "first responders". Above they are seen assisting al-Nusra Front (AQ in Syria) in an execution which the group later owned up to. In a somewhat...
How to Get on a Jury
by Mark Bennett | Jun 14, 2018 | Featured Articles
If you want to serve on a criminal jury, the most important rule is this: Say as little as possible, with your words, your body language, and your appearance.But why would you want to sit on a jury in the first place? Because in a criminal trial, if you can read and...
Saudi-led Coalition Strikes Newly Built Doctors Without Borders Facility in Yemen
by RT | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured Articles
A newly built cholera care center, run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the town of Abs, has been hit by Saudi-led coalition planes in yet another airstrike on the medical charity’s facilities in war-ravaged Yemen.The attack has rendered the center...
Mueller Scrambles To Limit Evidence After Indicted Russians Actually Show Up In Court
by Tyler Durden | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured Articles
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is scrambling to limit pretrial evidence handed over to a Russian company he indicted in February over alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, according to Bloomberg.Mueller asked a Washington federal Judge for a protective order...
Trump ‘War Games’ Announcement Shocks South Korea, US Military Forces
by Tyler Durden | Jun 12, 2018 | Featured Articles
In what was perhaps the most surprising announcement to emerge from today's Trump-Kim summit, president Trump agreed to suspend military exercises with South Korea in return for a commitment to denuclearisation from North Korea.As we reported earlier, Trump said the...
Outcome of Assange Case Could Undermine the Rights of Millions
by Whitney Webb | Jun 12, 2018 | Featured Articles
As the sixth anniversary of his extended stay in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London approaches, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange is faced with increasingly limited options. Barred from communicating with the outside world and from receiving most visitors,...
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