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Why True Advocates For Liberty Focus So Strongly On The Power of Ideas

By Chris Rossini

Did you ever build a house, and when it was completed say to yourself: "I have a great idea. I should build a house."

Of course not!

The idea always comes first.

The actions, the circumstances, the effects never precede the idea. So if circumstances are bad, it necessarily means that bad ideas preceded them. Somewhere, the truth has been missed, or ignored, or neglected. This is why true advocates for Liberty are always hyper-focused on sharing the ideas of freedom.

Not "spreading...

Showdown! Trump Takes On Turkey Over Russian Missile Purchase

Turkey's decision to purchase a Russian-made missile defense system has led the Trump Administration to cancel its planned sale of 100 F-35 fighters to Turkey. Also under a 2017 law to punish Russia for "meddling" in US elections, Trump will be obligated to apply sanctions to Turkey - a NATO ally!

Pompeo’s Big Lie on Iran

By Jacob G. Hornberger

In a tiff over whether Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his delegation would be permitted to enter the United States as part of a meeting of the United Nations and over whether they would be free to travel freely around New York City, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a whopper, one that might have even embarrassed Pinocchio. Expressing a desire to be invited to appear on Iranian television, Pompeo said that he would tell Iranians that “we care de...

Jim Rickards: Surviving The Road To Ruin

We all know the financial crisis is coming. What to do about it? Author, financial expert, and investment advisor Jim Rickards joins today's Liberty Report to discuss his upcoming book, "Aftermath: Seven Secrets of Wealth Preservation in the Coming Chaos."

Conservatives Against Liberty

By Ron Paul

Recently several prominent social and populist conservatives have attacked libertarianism. These conservatives, some of whom are allies in the fight against our hyper-interventionist foreign policy, blame libertarianism for a variety of social and economic ills. The conservative attack on libertarianism — like the attack on the freedom philosophy launched by leftists — is rooted in factual, economic, and philosophical errors.

Libertarianism’s right-wing critics claim libertarianism...

Ron Paul: Cryptocurrencies Are A Great Idea

By Liberty Report Staff

Ron Paul joins CNBC's Squawk Alley:

Cryptocurrency a great idea, says former Congressman Ron Paul from CNBC.

Forever Wars! House Republicans Furious Over Iraq War Authorization Repeal

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told Fox News over the weekend that the repeal of the 2001 war authorization after 9/11 and the 2002 war authorization for Iraq would "illegalize" the entire war on terror. Are we in a time warp?

Ron Paul Discusses the Huge Influence for Militarism in Washington, DC

By Adam Dick

Starting off a new interview with Ron Paul at the Wall Street for Main Street show, host Jason Burack asked Paul, who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Texas and ran three times for US president promoting a noninterventionist foreign policy, about the extent of influence in favor of militarism in Washington, DC.

Burack queries: “How much influence does the Pentagon and the military-industrial-and-information complex have over Congress,...

Stock Market Bubble Expands: Collusion Between Trump and Powell?

President Trump wants The Fed to flood the economy with (even more) credit. The so-called "independent" Fed has indicated that it's going to comply. A bigger bubble means an even bigger bust must occur at some point. Central planning is right on course to where it always ends up -- an economic abyss!

Fake News? CNN Claims Iran Tried To Seize UK Tanker

Yesterday CNN was the sole source of an article accusing Iran's Revolutionary Guard of trying to seize a UK tanker in the Persian Gulf. Though CNN claimed there was video of the attempt, none has surfaced. Iran strongly denies any such attempt. Is this another psy-op to drum up support for a US attack on Iran? Bonus topic: A new Pew Poll shows that US military members do not believe recent wars have been "worth it." Maybe we should listen to them.