Next January it becomes legal in Texas to openly carry firearms in public places. The burger chain Whataburger has decided that it will not allow open carry of firearms in its restaurants. Is it OK for Whataburger to discriminate against its customers? Of course, says Ron Paul in today’s Liberty Report. We discriminate in literally every action we take. The real issue is one of property rights, not guns or wedding cakes.

According to the newly released Military Strategy of the United States, 2015, the real threats are no longer the terrorism of non-state actors but rather Russia, China, Iran, and any other state that challenges US global hegemony. This even though the document makes it clear that these countries have no intention of attacking the United States. Confused? Tune in to the Ron Paul Liberty Report:

Press reports that the US Army would cut 40,000 troops are meant to terrify the American people into demanding an increase in military spending – even though the US spends more than all developed countries combined. The truth is US military spending is going to increase with or without those 40,000 troops and with or without the “sequester.” The US is spending itself into bankruptcy. Today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report on the false propaganda of a shrinking military:

President Obama told us yesterday that the US war against ISIS was going to last a very long time. While he said there was no military solution to the problem, he also ordered a increase in US bombing. Today Congress voted to send more military aid to Jordan. Obama’s escalation in today’s Liberty Report:

Greece’s vote against the EU bailout offer raises as many questions as it answers. What happens next? We know the debt will not disappear. Eventually it will have to be liquidated and Greece will have to start over if it is ever going to be a “normal” country again. On today’s Liberty Report, Ron Paul offers his suggestions for a way out of the Greek crisis:

Do the fires of liberty still burn in an America that revolted against the British crown in 1776? Perhaps the majority have opted for a new overlord, the omnipotent state and its accompanying American exceptionalism, but there remains, in the words of Samuel Adams, a “tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” Today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report on the spirit of revolt against tyranny:

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law one of the nation’s strongest mandatory vaccination laws. If a California resident does not agree to have her child jabbed some 48 times by school-age, the child cannot attend school. The exemption loopholes have been all but closed. Today the Ron Paul Liberty Report looks at both the medical and the civil liberties implications of this move — a move comedian Jim Carrey called “corporate fascist.”

President Obama will officially restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba today, in what is one bright spot in his otherwise not very encouraging foreign policy. Talks with Iran are the other positive. But as always, the devil is in the details. State-to-state relations are one thing, but for really “normal” relations what is needed is person-to-person relations. That means an end to the embargo and the travel ban. Let’s hope that is on its way soon and that Congress doesn’t obstruct the reversal of this half-century disaster. More on US-Cuba relations on today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:

With their plans for regime change in Syria not working out as planned, the neocons are desperately looking around for another hare-brained scheme to sell. From recently floated trial balloons, it looks like they are looking to push a tactical alliance with al-Qaeda to defeat Assad and ISIS. Did they forget about 9/11? More in today’s Liberty Report:

Our phones are tapped by the government, the police are militarized and viewing us as the targets, our free speech rights are being trampled daily. Is there any hope to return to a constitutional government that does not have the power to restrict our civil liberties? Yes there is, says Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead, but we must turn off the television and educate ourselves. Please watch Mr. Whitehead on a very special episode of the Ron Paul Liberty Report:

As the Greeks and the European bureaucrats and bankers continue wrestle over who is going to pay an unpayable debt, Ron Paul wonders just how long before the US Federal Reserve is called to put the US on the hook. After all, the Fed pumped trillions into Europe after the 2008 crisis. The dollar must be kept the world’s reserve currency at all costs, which partly explains US militaristic foreign policy. The Greece crisis today on the Liberty Report:

This week US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who comes to the Pentagon straight from the military-industrial complex, announced that 40,000 NATO troops and untold heavy military equipment would be deployed on the Russian border to deter Russian “aggression.” Meanwhile, the US seeks to ramp up wars in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan. On top of it we learn this week that the US treats its “friends” much as it treats its enemies — American spooks have been listening in to the phone calls of the last three French presidents. How long can this last? Until we go broke? Tune in to the Liberty Report for more: