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Trump’s Fact-free Diatribe on the Price of Oil

Trump’s Fact-free Diatribe on the Price of Oil

by | Oct 7, 2026 |

Another day and another fact-free diatribe by the president of the United States. Trump went on his Truth Social (where truth is a rare commodity) and said Democrats have closed down the nation’s refinery capacity, and this is the reason diesel and gas prices are skyrocketing. Here’s what Trump didn’t tell you: recent closures were corporate decisions by refinery owners, not a mandate by Democrats. LyondellBasell Industries in Houston made a strategic decision to exit refining in March,...

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By Netanyahu’s Own Math, Gaza Is 3,900 September 11ths

By Netanyahu’s Own Math, Gaza Is 3,900 September 11ths

by | Oct 6, 2026 |

Benjamin Netanyahu likes to translate Israel’s grief into American. At the United Nations last month, he took the dead of October 7 and multiplied them by the ratio of America’s population to Israel’s. The 1,200 Israelis killed that day, he said, were “equal to 40,000 innocent Americans slaughtered in less than 24 hours. That’s 16 times 9/11.” Per-capita comparisons are a perfectly legitimate tool. A small country feels a massacre more than a large one, and Americans should understand what...

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Britain Leads Western Media’s Demise Through ‘Fear Porn’ Narrative

Britain Leads Western Media’s Demise Through ‘Fear Porn’ Narrative

by | Oct 6, 2026 |

Ian Proud’s arrest by secret police at a London airport marks a new low in how far the deep state can go to control a false narrative. But it also shows a new level of fear. As mad as it sounds, it does appear that Western European nations at least are preparing themselves to go to war with Russia at some point in the not-too-distant future. What is particularly worrying is there seems to be a distinct vacuum in all areas of what we could broadly call “media” in questioning this narrative....

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Trump Talks the Talk and Walks the Path of War on Iran. So Does Netanyahu

Trump Talks the Talk and Walks the Path of War on Iran. So Does Netanyahu

by | Oct 6, 2026 |

We are on a path to more war. Trump could (and should) have declared victory and simply walked away from Iran, but that would have cast him as “a loser” (a prospect that he cannot tolerate). But secondly, he is — for whatever reason — in thrall to Netanyahu and Israel. Tucker Carlson in August 2024 spoke directly to Trump: “You will not win this war [with Iran]. You will lose it and it will destroy your Presidency. Furthermore, Netanyahu and the Zionist donor class do not like you. They hate...

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American Soul-Searching after the Iraq Withdrawal

American Soul-Searching after the Iraq Withdrawal

by | Oct 5, 2026 |

In March 2003, the US Empire invaded and occupied Iraq under the rubric of “Operation Iraqi Freedom.” Last week, twenty-three years later, the last US troops have been withdrawn from Iraq. I think almost every American would agree with one thing about that particular foreign war: It did not bring freedom to the Iraqi people, at least not freedom the way that libertarians define the term. Instead, it brought what US interventionism traditionally brings to foreign lands: death, destruction,...

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The Rise And…Rise Of ‘Color Revolutions’

The Rise And…Rise Of ‘Color Revolutions’

by | Oct 5, 2026 |

It’s rather forgotten today how Washington’s post-9/11 imperial adventurism was not restricted to military intervention. A core component of the Bush administration’s “Freedom Agenda” - under the auspices of which calamitous wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere were waged - was overt sponsorship of civil society-led coups throughout the former Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact and Yugoslavia. Citizens of these regions, and the world, live with this meddling’s destructive consequences to this day....

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Trump’s Other War

Trump’s Other War

by | Oct 5, 2026 |

As the midterm election draws near, a number of Republicans in tough races are distancing themselves from President Trump’s war. The war is unpopular because it has inflicted economic pain on the already-suffering American people. No, I am not talking about the Iran War. I am talking about President Trump’s tariff war. The Tax Foundation estimates that, since he returned to the White House, President Trump has imposed tariffs on about 54 percent of imported goods. Contrary to the claims of...

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First Them, Then Us: America’s Shift from Police State to Prison State

First Them, Then Us: America’s Shift from Police State to Prison State

by | Oct 2, 2026 |

America, you got fooled. Again. For starters, the war on illegal immigration was never just about illegal immigration. If you fell for that, chances are you’re still falling for the government’s oldest trick: manufacture a crisis, identify an enemy, frighten the public, declare an emergency, and then use the resulting fear to justify another expansion of government power. Terrorism. Crime. Drugs. National security. Illegal immigration. Different threats. Same playbook. Take a...

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RAF Fairford: Trump and Rubio Hallucinate a Terror Plot

RAF Fairford: Trump and Rubio Hallucinate a Terror Plot

by | Oct 1, 2026 |

President Donald Trump has gone and really done it this time. “We had them under view for a long time, and we got them,” he said about the five British men arrested at RAF Fairford, initially said to be terrorists targeting US aircraft at the British base. It turns out the would-be terrorists did not have explosives. Instead, they had stolen red diesel for farm equipment. The British cops are mum. They’re not saying much about the arrest or the incident. The Gloucestershire Police advised the...

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Trump Deserves to Be Impeached

Trump Deserves to Be Impeached

by | Oct 1, 2026 |

The Constitution is the law that the people of the United States have imposed on federal officials. That’s what makes it the highest law of the land. US officials expect American citizens to comply with federal laws that control the actions of the citizenry. By the same token, US officials, including the president, are expected to comply with the higher law that we the people have imposed on them. The Constitution provides that federal officials “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment...

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The Tyranny of One Man’s Opinion

The Tyranny of One Man’s Opinion

by | Oct 1, 2026 |

Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office -- one of whom was St. Thomas More -- and even the king’s second wife, Queen Anne. When Cromwell’s son Gregory, who became sickened as he watched his father devolving from counselor to monster, learned that an executioner for the queen had been sent for from France a week...

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The Faulty Premises Underlying Europeans’ ‘War on Russia’ Hyperventilation

The Faulty Premises Underlying Europeans’ ‘War on Russia’ Hyperventilation

by | Sep 30, 2026 |

Past days have seen the European political classes turning up the volume to maximum on clearly concerted – and shared – speaking-notes: “War with Russia is coming; Russia intends to strike NATO; we must prepare; stock up on bottled water, tinned food, and be ready to offer your children to military conscription” – “Many will die; but it is their duty to defend their country.” What nonsense! To make the point, European leaders, including EU High Representative Kallas and German Chancellor Merz,...

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America’s National Security Scam Rolls On

America’s National Security Scam Rolls On

by | Sep 30, 2026 |

Once upon a time the United States of America was confident that it, shielded by broad oceans to the East and West and having friendly countries that it dominated economically and militarily to the North and South, was safe from any threat by any foreign nation or even any combination of nations. Washington was confident that it could defeat any adversary in conventional warfare and, if push came to shove, its nuclear weapon capability gave it a unique and decisive edge that no enemy would...

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Trump: Invading Cuba will be a ‘Great Honor’

Trump: Invading Cuba will be a ‘Great Honor’

by | Sep 29, 2026 |

During an Oval Office interview, President Trump declared Cuba is his and he can do whatever he likes with it, the same as he does with Mar-a-Lago and Trump Turnberry. “I think I’ll have the honor of conquering Cuba,” said 47, hunched over the Resolute Desk. “That wouldn’t be bad. It would be a great honor. I can liberate it or conquer it, I think I can do what I want with it,” he said. Last week, Trump hinted at an invasion of Cuba. Marco Rubio said the broken-down and impoverished communist...

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Eisenhower and Washington Both Spoke Out Against War

Eisenhower and Washington Both Spoke Out Against War

by | Sep 29, 2026 |

“God help the Nation when it has a President who doesn’t know as much about the military as I do,” - President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking to his White House Staff Secretary, Gen. Andrew Goodpaster. These words are quoted in a book about Eisenhower’s foreign policy called “Ike’s Bluff—President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle To Save The World,” by Evan Thomas. In the same paragraph as the words above are these: “When Defense Secretary Neil McElroy warned him that further cuts would harm national...

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Trump’s Other War

The Coming GOP Bloodbath?

by | Sep 28, 2026 |

Most indicators suggest that the Republicans in the House and Senate are going to face a brutal backlash from the American people in November. Polling with generic ballots suggest a big win for the Democrats and likely the loss of Republican control of both houses of Congress. There is little reason to cheer a Democratic party victory, however Republicans in charge have for the most part earned what is coming to them. They have refused to uphold their Constitutional obligation to take leading...

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Peace & Prosperity Blog

US Passports Fall Behind

US Passports Fall Behind

by | Jul 23, 2026

One benefit of being a United States citizen has been the ability to have a US passport that facilitates the maximum amount of travel freedom around the world. Those days are in...

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Rejecting Corporatism

Rejecting Corporatism

by | Jul 20, 2026

In his column last week, Ron Paul discussed the threat in America from corporatism, “where power remains nominally in private hands but the government gains significant control.”...

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