Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? The constitutional theory is that we the people are the sovereigns, the state and federal officials only our agents. We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.” — Justice William O. Douglas Unjust. Brutal. Criminal. Corrupt. Inept. Greedy. Power-hungry. Racist. Immoral....
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Ron Paul: Victory For Peace Candidate Walter Jones is Great News
The war party did everything they could to defeat pro-peace Republican Walter Jones in the North Carolina primary last week, said Ron Paul, but in the end Rep. Jones prevailed....
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Oligarchs Run US Foreign Policy
William & Mary Professor and RPI Academic Board Member Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, in an in-depth interview with this week with Paul Jay on the Real News Network, argues that...
Ron Paul on the Benghazi Partisan Sideshow
While noting that the killing of two US diplomats, including the US ambassador to Libya, and CIA contractors in Benghazi, Libya is a “big issue” that merits attention, Ron Paul...
Who’s Behind Odessa? RPI’s Daniel McAdams on Scott Horton Show
Who is responsible for the carnage in Odessa, Ukraine, where dozens of anti-Kiev protesters were burned alive in the Trade Union building last weekend? Did the US government have...
Pussy Riot on Capitol Hill
Just when you thought their 15 minutes of fame was up, the women of Pussy Riot have made their way to Capitol Hill and into the hearts of (some) US lawmakers. They also posed for...
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Ukraine Rhetoric and Sanctions Threatening World War
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, speaking with Lindsay France on RT this week, explains that, in order to prevent “a shooting war that grows evermore larger,” the United States, Russia,...
‘Free Press’? USAID Increases Funding to Pro-Kiev Media
In the name of a "free and independent media," the US government through its Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced that it will dedicate an additional $1.25...
US Media Covers Up Mass Murder in Odessa
Yesterday in Odessa, Ukraine, more than 30 anti-Kiev protesters were burned alive, as a US-backed pro-Kiev mob set fire to the trade union building into which they ran to escape...
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