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.

A US Federal Judge in Florida yesterday ruled the transportation mask mandate illegal, ending two years of mask tyranny in the US. While passengers cheered the news, we must pause to reflect on how the tyrants were able to force it. Also today: Florida rejects CRT-infested math textbooks and Treasury Secretary Yellen joins the war party. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said on the weekend talk shows that it’s time to start talking about sending US troops to directly fight Russia in Ukraine. Thus to defend Ukraine’s borders, this member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee openly calls for that launch of what would be WWIII. Coons is joined by plenty of Republican Members calling for direct conflict with Russia, including disgraced neocon Rep. Adam Kinzinger. Also today: Fauci spills the beans on lockdowns and MSNBC spills the beans on its view of the role of media in a “free” society. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

According to Politico, the Biden Administration is considering sending a cabinet-level official – and possibly even Biden or Harris – to Ukraine as a show of solidarity with Kiev. As such a move would include a sizable US military guard, there is incredible risk with near-zero gain in such a symbolic move. Also today: Enjoying that inflation? Biden’s sending ANOTHER near-billion dollars to Ukraine! Finally, US increasing targeting intel sharing with Ukraine – including in Crimea! Escalation on top of escalation. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

As the Russian deputy foreign minister warns that US and NATO weapons sent to Ukraine to target the Russian military will be attacked, the Biden Administration has called a meeting with the eight largest US weapons manufacturers to see how they can ramp up production for Ukraine. The Biden Administration is moving the US toward direct conflict even as it says it won’t put US boots on the ground. Also today, why are media pundits who also work for military contractors not forced to reveal who is paying them? Watch today’s Liberty Report:

In the first of what should be repeated over and over, one of the January 6th “insurrectionists” has had all the charges against him dropped. Will justice finally prevail? Also today: Pelosi has Covid. And…the US government admits that it lies to the American people and the world to push its war aims with Russia. Watch today’s Liberty Report:

It feels like deja vu. Just seven years ago it was claimed without proof that Assad gassed his own people as his troops left Khan Shaykhun. When the facts came out about the event, the truth was quite different. Today Russian soldiers are being blamed for a slaughter of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. They have been tried and convicted in all Western capitals and in the media, yet there has been no investigation. Anything is possible, of course, but what if they got it wrong again? Will anyone care? Also today, Musk takes a seat at Twitter – will it return to a free speech platform? Watch today’s Liberty Report:

After spending the past two years pretending he’s never heard the term “natural immunity,” an old clip of Fauci from CSPAN has emerged where he was singing a wildly different tune. When did you change, Tony…and why? Also today: Bill Gates’ surprising admission on “lessons learned” from Covid. And…will free speech return to Twitter after Elon Musk opens his checkbook? Today on the Liberty Report: