Anthony Fauci has dominated the headlines for weeks with his doom and gloom predictions of two million Americans dead from Covid-19. If we lock the country down, maybe only 240,000 will die he claimed. But even those numbers collapsed, with the new official prediction coming in under the normal flu numbers for 2018. Was it “social distancing” that saved us? Let’s look at the states and countries that did not lock down – they should have massively higher deaths. Do they? Watch today’s Liberty Report:
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Coronavirus Shutdown: Unintended – And Intended – Consequences
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 8, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Tennessee experienced more suicides last week than coronavirus deaths. Alcohol sales are skyrocketing. The nation seems gripped by fear. What are the unintended consequences of shutting the country down over Covid-19 fears…and how many of these consequences were actually intended? More surveillance? End of habeas corpus? Watch today’s Liberty Report:
Resistance Building To Coronavirus 'House Arrest' Orders…It's About Time!
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 7, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Across the country, from political leaders, to small business owners, to parents who just want to take their children to the park, resistance is growing to the authoritarians who have effectively suspended the Constitution and placed most of the country under house arrest. Lawsuits are also challenging unlawful “stay at home” orders. What if all the hysteria-driven orders have actually made the virus outbreak even worse? More scientists are coming forward to argue for the “Sweden model” of moderation rather than lockdown. Watch today’s Liberty Report:
Behind The Scenes At The $2 Trillion 'Coronavirus' Bailout – with Rep. Thomas Massie
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 6, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) became “the most hated man in America” when he dared to demand that Congress actually vote on the biggest bailout of Wall Street in history – the two trillion dollar “coronavirus” bill. What happened behind the scenes and what are the dangers? Rep. Massie tells all in today’s Liberty Report:
Distraction? Trump Sends Warships To Venezuela
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 2, 2020 | The Liberty Report
In a shocking press conference yesterday, President Trump and his advisors announced that the US military would begin conducting a “counter-narcotics operation” in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean. Perhaps not coincidentally, Trump’s Justice Department indicted Venezuelan president Maduro on drug trafficking charges. Is the US about to “do a Noriega” on Maduro based on half-baked charged that the Venezuelan leader is some kind of drug kingpin? Have the president’s war-braying neocons convinced him that the best thing to get our minds off of coronavirus is a “nice little war”? Today on the Liberty Report:
Is It Time To End The Shutdown?
by Daniel McAdams | Apr 1, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Yesterday the Mises Institute published a brilliant article titled “End the Shutdown,” making the point that continuing the “house arrest” of Americans and the shutdown of the economy will have much worse consequences than the coronavirus itself. With the infection to fatality ratio at about the rate of the seasonal flu (as per a new Lancet study), is the continued destruction of American economic and social life worth it? Watch today’s Liberty Report:
While Trump Fights Coronavirus, Pompeo's On The Warpath
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 31, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Keep your eye on Pompeo! President Trump is understandably distracted by the coronavirus outbreak in the US but in the “never let a good crisis go to waste” mode, the neocons in his Administration – led by Pompeo – are launching their war plots without the normal scrutiny. Venezuela, Iran, Syria, Russia – the long knives are coming out. Trump has been able to put the kibbosh on Pompeo’s plans before, but a distracted Trump is in danger of losing control of his foreign policy. Launching a foolish war in the midst of the current crisis would surely spell disaster for the president. Watch today’s Liberty Report:
Corona-Madness: Authoritarianism Is Not The Answer!
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 30, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Throughout the country, bureaucrats and politicians are clamping down on the Constitution in the name of fighting a virus that thus far has not shown itself more deadly than the seasonal flu. Those numbers can change and it can be a serious disease, but as after 9/11 we are being told we must sacrifice our liberties in the name of security. Government did not deliver then and it will not deliver now. Liberty stolen will not be returned. Is there a better way? Watch today’s Liberty Report:
'You Will See Darkness': Meltdown of Rep. Haley Stevens Shows How Hysteria Can Be Fueled By Politicians
by Jonathan Turley | Mar 28, 2020 | The Liberty Report
The controversial speech of Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., on the floor of the House of Representatives shows how members can fuel rather than fight hysteria and panic. The incredible scene was played out as the very task force members who she referenced are trying to rebut some alarmist predictions and estimates. Much of the nation is sheltering in place. We get it. However, Rep. Stevens seems intent on elevating not the discussion but the volume of the national discourse.
What was most notable is that Stevens was not saying anything particularly new . . . just saying it louder. Indeed, the Democratic Majority Whip was trying to give her the added 30 seconds that she had asked, but she was yelling over his voice.
Everyone is supporting our health care workers and “taking the disease seriously.” As for “you will see darkness,” we could all use a bit more light from our elected officials. Once the yelling ended, Grandpa Abe Simpson seemed to have more a hold of himself in his prophesy scene.
The chair spoke for the entire nation in saying “The gentle lady from Michigan is out of order.”
Reprinted with permission from JonathanTurley.org.
Rights vs. Security in the Age of Coronavirus
by harley | Mar 27, 2020 | The Liberty Report
As governments all over the world enact and enforce unprecedented policies to deal with the pandemic, where do our rights stand? Are we abandoning our rights for security? Ron Paul Institute Director Daniel McAdams and Constitutional lawyer Robert Barnes join RT’s Crosstalk to debate:
How The Police State Uses Crises To Expand Lockdown Powers, With John Whitehead
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 26, 2020 | The Liberty Report
The assault on our civil liberties is in overdrive. Habeas corpus is thrown out the window and the government is asking to be able to indefinitely detain Americans without charge or trial. Constitutional law attorney John Whitehead, President of the Rutherford Institute, joins today’s Liberty Report to discuss these threats…and to let us know what we can do about them! Watch today’s Liberty Report:
The Coronavirus Profiteers
by Daniel McAdams | Mar 25, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Now that the coronavirus scare has much of the country fearful and sheltered-in-place, there are more than a few special interests that are profiting massively from the “Emergency State” that has emerged. Crony capitalists, corporate criminals, Keynesians, big brother government advocates, previously unknown minor county officials…there is plenty of profit to go around. Don’t miss today’s Liberty Report:
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