A corruption watchdog group has examined National Institutes of Health records and determined that as much as $300 million dollars has been paid to NIH employees, including Fauci, over the past ten years as “royalties” for their discoveries. Is this unique, or just another example of the evils of public/private entities. Also today, the Pentagon is scrambling for new weapons to send to Ukraine – weapons makers are thrilled. Finally: as to be expected, Congress adds a few billion to Biden’s military aid package to Ukraine (while Americans pay up to seven dollars for a gallon of gas). Watch today’s Liberty Report:

With Inflation Skyrocketing, insane spending, and government getting bigger, is this the Economic Meltdown closer than we think. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

Yesterday Sen. Rand Paul hammered Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkis over the Agency’s creation of a “Disinformation Governance Board” – i.e. a government-run ministry of truth. A new article in Politico reminds us of a dark era in US history when a very similar government entity was created…to disastrous results. Also today…US official admits Washington is helping kill Russian generals. What could go wrong? Today on the Liberty Report:

The apparent leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that overturns Roe vs. Wade has unleashed a political tsunami across the United States. Protests outside the Court building hardly seemed spontaneous and abortion supporters in Congress are scurrying to pack the Court. What is the deeper issue here? What should libertarians think about it? Watch today’s Liberty Report:

US Rep Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) has introduced an authorization for the use of force against Russia bill in the US House, allowing President Biden to take the country to war with the nuclear-armed country in the case of a bio/chemical/nuclear attack on Ukraine. What about the danger of false flags? Also today: US training Ukrainian troops in Germany, Ghost of Kiev unmasked, and Pelosi takes on the bullies. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

Ten to fifteen years ago, Wikipedia, though not free of bias, seemed like a rather reliable place to find information about people, places, and events involved in modern politics. Someone desiring to research something related to current events could back then often be well served by starting with a look through a page at Wikipedia.

But, over time, the reliability of information at Wikipedia has declined. Efforts toward objectivity have increasingly been replaced by efforts toward bias. Wikipedia has increasingly become, especially in areas related to ongoing political matters, polemical.

John Stossel does a good job addressing this change at Wikipedia in a Tuesday video report. Check out the video report here:

By the way, one of the biggest tip-offs that Wikipedia is far from the objective source of information it is often made out to be is that its pages come up as top results in many current events related searches at Google.

EU officials have warned Elon Musk that he faces steep fines or an outright ban if he follows a “free speech” model once his purchase of Twitter is complete. How far will authorities go to restrict freedom of expression? Also: Twitter’s top censor breaks down in tears at the thought of her reign coming to an end. And finally: Wimbledon’s racism. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

Elon Musk’s seemingly successful bid to purchase Twitter and his claim to return it to a free-speech model has been met with fury and terror among that part of the population that used to champion free speech: the progressives and the left. Even the ACLU issued a warning. What are they afraid of? Also today, NATO countries are massively escalating in their war with Russia through Ukraine. The UK parliament’s armed forces chief gave Ukraine a green light to use UK weapons to launch attacks inside Russia. What could go wrong…? Watch today’s Liberty Report:

US Secretaries of State and Defense made a surprise visit to Kiev over the weekend to declare that Russia had already failed and Ukraine had already succeeded in the two-month conflict. Promising additional weapons transfers, the US is becoming ever more engaged in the war. Dangerous? Also today, some NATO officials openly declare goal is to “bleed Russia.” And…Finland in NATO? Good idea? Watch today’s Liberty Report:

Former US Marine intelligence officer and former Chief UN Weapons Inspector for Iraq Scott Ritter joins today’s program to discuss the Russia/Ukraine war and the massive US push to control and shape the narrative through mainstream and social media. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

In a blow to press freedom and decency, a UK judge has today approved Julian Assange’s extradition to the US to face espionage charges for his role in exposing US war crimes in Iraq and elsewhere. Also today: Biden wants to send ANOTHER $800 million in weapons to Ukraine! Also: Pentagon admits there is no way to track weapons once delivered to Ukraine – is Europe about to face a major terrorist threat due to this negligence? Watch the Liberty Report:

A United States district judge in Florida struck down on Monday the mandate imposed by President Joe Biden through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that people countrywide wear masks in many public transportation-related activities and locations, as well as in taxis and ride share vehicles.

Legal analyst Andrew Napolitano provides a quick rundown of the court decision, which he calls “tremendous news,” and its implications in a brief video report you can watch here:

Napolitano is a member of the the Ron Paul Institute’s Advisory Board, as well as a former New Jersey state judge.

You can read the decision in the case — Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden, written by Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, here.

On February 6, 2021, a week after Biden’s transportation-related mask mandate was put in place by the CDC, I discussed the mask mandate in detail in a article you can read here. In that article I wrote about the potential of a court striking down the mandate:

At the foundation, courts should view Biden’s executive order and the CDC order as unconstitutional. The US Constitution grants limited, enumerated powers to the national government. Requiring Americans to wear masks is not among them. Further, the orders concern many travel-related circumstances and courts have recognized people in America have a right to travel. Even if a court were to take the leap to view such mandates as within the US government’s constitutional authority, it should recognize that such mandates cannot be properly imposed unilaterally by the executive branch. Instead, the mandates would require approval by Congress through the legislative process the Constitution prescribes for creating laws.

But, will courts stand up for people’s rights in this situation, and will they do so consistently and soon? I wouldn’t bet on it. Over the two centuries plus since the Constitution was adopted, courts have let slide so many government breaches of constitutional restraints that the US government powers exercised today have only a hazy, at best, resemblance to the limited powers the Constitution defines.

It turns out I was right not to expect a court to strike down the mandate soon. For over a year, people in America have suffered under the clearly unconstitutional requirement just so they can make their way from point A to point B.

Also in line with my early analysis of the mandate, Napolitano’s report makes clear a rational for the new court decision is that the CDC lacked congressionally granted authority to impose the mandate — in addition to having not even followed proper regulatory procedure in announcing and implementing the mandate.

Hopefully, this new court decision has brought an end for good to this mask mandate. I still do not have faith that all US courts would side with striking down the mandate even though it clearly has no constitutional foundation. There are likely plenty of judges who are more than happy to bend and crack constitutional restraints to accommodate this tyrannical decree, as well as plenty others.