It doesn’t require too dark an imagination to realize the gravity of the concerns over the digital yuan. China is a true pioneer when it comes to surveillance, censorship, and political oppression, and the digital age has given the state an incredibly efficient and effective arsenal. Adding money to that toolkit was a move that was planned for many years and it is abundantly clear how useful a tool it can be for any totalitarian regime. The ability to track citizens’ transactions, access their...
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Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Two-Minute Case against Extending Expiring PATRIOT Act Provisions
Judge Andrew Napolitano presents this week at the Fox News website his concise, two-minute argument for the United States Congress allowing some of the most liberty-threatening...
Radical Texas Marijuana Legalization Bill Passes in State House Committee
Texas took a step toward leapfrogging past all the states that have legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use so far. In March, Texas State Rep. David Simpson...
Thank the US-backed Saudi Attack for the Rise of Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s United States-backed attack on Yemen is contributing to the rise of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS) in Yemen. This is the verdict of Ron Paul Institute...
A Documentary Worthy of Ron Paul
Lew Rockwell writes on his blog: Lots of documentary makers have approached Ron Paul over the years, but none measured up, until now. Why is this film different? because Charles...
Ron Paul’s Big Announcement
Today on his Facebook page, RPI Founder and Chairman Ron Paul announced a new media project to bring daily, live-streaming news and analysis to all liberty-minded -- and...
Reps. Jones and McGovern In-Depth Discussion of Congress’ Constitutional War Powers
Friday morning, viewers of C-SPAN’s Washington Journal were treated to nearly an hour of in-depth discussion among Reps. Walter Jones (R-NC) and James McGovern (D-MA) and show...
CIA Boss: We Were Heroes in Error
Once again, Washington is agog over a former government insider's admission of the "mistakes" made by his agency in a memoir otherwise wholeheartedly endorsing US failed foreign...
Ron Paul Rewind: Oppose PATRIOT Act Renewal, Respect the Fourth Amendment
On February 8, 2011, then-Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) spoke against renewing what he termed “the three worst parts” of the USA PATRIOT Act during a US House of Representatives debate...
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