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Neocons See Hong Kong as China’s ‘Soft Underbelly’

By Liberty Report Staff

'Humanitarianism'? Hillary's Libya Lies Still Creating Misery

The 2011 US attack on Libya to "save the people" from Gadaffi was an entirely manufactured narrative with Hillary Clinton's weaponized State Department, a chief author of the lies. Libya's population continues to suffer endless war and terrorism from a US intervention that only benefited al-Qaeda and gun runners to Syria and beyond.

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Can Trump Get Out Of Afghanistan?

With a peace agreement between the US and the Taliban nearly completed, will President Trump be able to do what his two predecessors were unable to do - end the US military's 18 year war on Afghanistan? Neocons at home are screaming that we must stay, Trump has promised a departure. And election season is heating up. 

Endgame for the Fed?

By Ron Paul

The Federal Reserve, responding to concerns about the economy and the stock market, and perhaps to criticisms by President Trump, recently changed course on interest rates by cutting its “benchmark” rate from 2.25 percent to two percent. President Trump responded to the cut in already historically-low rates by attacking the Fed for not committing to future rate cuts.

The Fed’s action is an example of a popular definition of insanity: doing the same action over and over again and exp...

Grave Danger Of China Collapse - With Guest David Stockman

Trade war with US, Hong Kong protests showing no signs of slowing - is China on the verge of a collapse? If the collapse does come, what next? Are America's fingerprints on the protests, as China claims?

The Fed's Pretense of Knowledge

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Central Planning Always Fails: The Fed Will Self-Destruct

'Central Planning' loses before it even begins. In America, central planning of the economy was cemented into place when the U.S. Congress established the monopolist Federal Reserve in 1913. The seeds were planted then, and they have been bearing rotten fruit ever since. The time for planting the seeds of sound money, detached from government, has arrived. The Fed's perennial self-destruction provides the opportunity to think.

Rothbard And War - With Guest Lew Rockwell

Lew Rockwell, founder of The Mises Institute and publisher of the enormously popular LewRockwell.com, joins today's Liberty Report to discuss his upcoming speech at the Ron Paul Institute Washington conference and the importance of Rothbard to antiwar thought. We also discuss the headlines of the day, including the recent mass shootings and the US "maximum pressure" campaign against China.

Blame Poisons Individuals & Nations

By Chris Rossini

"What is it about ME that put me in this situation?"

That's one of the most valuable and liberating questions that one can ask. At the same time, it's probably the most ignored and avoided question as well. 

The reason why it's avoided should be obvious. First, as human beings, we seek to avoid pain. At the same time, we search for the easiest road to pleasure.

Self-contemplation can be painful and it's much easier to blame someone else for whatever problem we may be facing.

But t...

Turkey Threatens Syria Invasion - US Troops In Crossfire?

Turkish president Erdogan has warned the US that an invasion and occupation of Syria's Kurd regions was imminent. Talks are ongoing with US officials to stave off the move, which could see US military personnel in Syria facing off against NATO partner Turkey.