Two years back, when Republicans held the majority in the United States House of Representatives, Rep. Thomas Massie was criticizing the failure of the House Republican leadership to allow a vote of the House membership on ending the US government’s marijuana prohibition, which Massie predicted would have passed. Massie further argued that the Republicans could have maintained their majority in the House — lost in the November of 2018 general election — if leadership had just allowed a House...
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They Just Can’t Stop It: US Planning New Rebel Training Program For Syria
After innumerable failed schemes to train rebels to overthrow the Syrian government (and then training more rebels to take on the rebels they had previously trained who went over...
Afghan Positions Being Overrun By Taliban Due To Nonexistent “Ghost Soldiers” Used To Funnel Money To Corrupt Afghan Officials
As the Taliban probes the strength of Afghan forces, they are finding it an easier task than anticipated with a sizable number of the Afghan force constituted of “ghost...
A Tribute to Ron Paul’s Work for Austrian Economics and against the Federal Reserve
Over at FreedomWorks, Alex Bales’ new article “Profiles in Liberty: Dr. Ron Paul” presents a tribute to Ron Paul’s decades of work promoting Austrian economics and opposing the...
Challenging Obama’s Gun Control Executive Action
This month, President Barack Obama has announced gun control executive action that seeks to roll back the Bill of Rights — not just the Second Amendment. He has followed up on...
A Tale of Two ‘Terror Arsonists’
Our story today is about two very different "terror arsonists" who started fires on federally owned land. Although it is not certain in the first case whether the fire was lit on...
Judge Napolitano: Unconstitutional for Obama to Create a New Gun Transfer Crime
Judge Andrew Napolitano, interviewed by Gretchen Carlson on Fox News regarding President Barack Obama’s Tuesday gun control executive order announcement, explained that Obama is...
Delusional State Dept: ‘We Brought Peace to Syria in 2015’
This gem from over the holidays may have passed under your radar screens. In the final State Department press conference for 2015, spokesperson John Kirby outlined the...
Killer Cops: Dialing 911 May Be Hazardous to Your Health
If you call the cops on someone whose behavior is worrying you, just know that your call may lead to the cops killing or seriously injuring that person. Sitharath Sam learned...
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