The mainstream media didn’t find it incongruous that the US walked back a claim that Russia placed bounties on US troops in Afghanistan on the same day it sanctioned Russia on the basis of another set of evidence-free accusations. The CIA now only has “low-to-moderate confidence” that Russia paid the Taliban to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan, it was reported on Thursday. On the same day, the Biden administration announced a new raft of sanctions against Russia as punishment for its...
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In another example of multi-dimensional clash among the Fourth Amendment, privacy, technology, and the surveillance state, hidden microphones that are part of a broad, public...
Ron Paul: Improved Relations with Cuba and Iran Are ‘Best Things that Obama Ever Did’
Speaking Wednesday with host Sandra Smith on Fox Business, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Chairman Ron Paul praised President Barack Obama for opening relations with...
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UN Security Council May Arm Libyan Unity Gov’t to Fight ISIS
The UN Security Council today agreed on a plan to "train and equip" an army loyal to the Libyan "Government of National Accord" after US Secretary of State John Kerry made a...
Oops! CIA ‘Accidentally’ Destroyed Its Only Copy of Senate Torture Report
The CIA was once so interested in the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on CIA torture that it secretly spied on the US Senate to see what they were coming up with. These...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Cliven Bundy, NFL Marijuana, Trump Democrats, Murder Inflation, Giuliani Commission
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted today. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes,...
Did You Know? US Special Forces Fighting in Libya and Somalia
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TSA Meltdown: Thousands of Bags Lost While Long Lines Push Passengers To Near Riot
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