Rule by brute force. That’s about as good a description as you’ll find for the sorry state of our nation. SWAT teams crashing through doors. Militarized police shooting unarmed citizens. Traffic cops tasering old men and pregnant women for not complying fast enough with an order. Resource officers shackling children for acting like children. Homeowners finding their homes under siege by police out to confiscate lawfully-owned guns. Drivers having their cash seized under the pretext that they...
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Hillary to Deliver Syria to Jihadists?
According to Hillary Clinton's foreign policy advisor, Jeremy Bash, if Clinton is elected she will order a "re-set" of US policy toward Syria to emphasize the "murderous" nature...
The Disposable Veterans
The obituary says he “lost his battle with PTSD.” He lost his battle for freedom and a quality life once he signed up to be used as cannon fodder for the US Government. Quote:...
Robert Wenzel’s Early Praise for A Tipping Point for Liberty
Robert Wenzel is publisher of the enormously popular websites Target Liberty and Economic Policy Journal. Today he posted a terrific early review of RPI's new book release, A...
Dennis Kucinich: Bernie Sanders Should Consider Withdrawing His Hillary Clinton Endorsement
Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who in 2004 and 2008 sought the Democratic presidential nomination, says that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) should consider withdrawing Sanders’...
Boos and Jeers from Home State Delegation Greet Debbie Wasserman Schultz
It was a rowdy scene at the Democratic National Convention this morning when Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) addressed her home state of Florida’s delegation to the...
Like the F-35, US Latest and Most Expensive Aircraft Carrier Doesn’t Work
Why does the US spend more on its military than the next largest several countries combined? One reason is that the military budget has far less to do with protecting the United...
Intervention Fail: ISIS Makes Bloody Gains in Post ‘Liberation’ Afghanistan
Shortly after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 1996 (their rise to power itself a result of the 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan), we began to hear endless stories...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Convention Infomercial, ISIS War, Clinton Foundation, VP Pence, Medical Marijuana
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Thursday. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher,...
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