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Pompeo Claims Iran Broke Nuclear Deal - Is He Lying?

As Iran exceeds limits on its stockpile of enriched nuclear material, the Trump hawks are screeching that Iran has broken the JCPOA nuclear agreement. They don't want Americans to know that Iran's reaction to the initial breach of agreement by the US is legal under the terms of the deal.

Media and Politicians Ignore Oncoming Financial Crisis

By Ron Paul

The mainstream media was too busy obsessing over Russiagate to notice that, according to an annual Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees report, the Social Security trust fund will run out of money by 2035. The trustees also reported that the Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund will be empty by 2027.

The trustees’ report is actually optimistic. Social Security is completely funded, and Medicare is largely funded, by payroll taxes. Therefore, their revenue fluctuates dep...

Trump’s Socialist Mindset on Trade

By Jacob G. Hornberger

In announcing that the U.S. and China are resuming trade talks, President Trump demonstrated the socialist mindset that afflicts him and his fellow Republicans and, for that matter, the Democrats as well. Trump said that during the negotiations, the United States would keep a 25 percent duty on $250 billion of Chinese goods and that he would give China a list of U.S. products to buy.

A list of U.S. products to buy? How in the world does Trump come up with such a list? How...

Trump Meets Kim In North Korea - Why Are The Democrats Hysterical?

President Trump made history over the weekend as the only US president to set foot in North Korean territory. After, he held talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un for about an hour. Rather than point out the benefits of diplomacy over saber-rattling, however, Democrat leaders and candidates as well as the media slammed the president's move. Do they have a point, or is Trump actually pursuing peace?

Ron Paul Talks Julian Assange, Trump, And Iran on The Jimmy Dore Show

Adding Gasoline To The Student Debt Fire: Blame The Fed!

So-called "help" from government leads to crisis, which leads to more calls for "help," and even bigger crisis! The student debt catastrophe is a picture-perfect example of this mentality in action. Government "help" created the problem and calls for more government "help" will make things exponentially worse!

Vote Tomorrow: Call Your Senators & Say NO to War With Iran!

By Norm Singleton

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has worked out a deal with Democrats to vote on an amendment stating that the president does not have congressional authorization to go to war with Iran in exchange for moving the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act forward. The vote on final passage of the NDAA will occur today, June 27, while the vote on presidential authority (or lack thereof) to wage war in Iran will occur tomorrow, June 28.

Friday’s vote will be held open all...

Iran/US Escalation - Blame Pompeo And Bolton?

The US/Iran conflict is coming to a crisis point this weekend, with a vote in the Senate on war powers, Iran set to breach its agreed to stockpile limits on enriched nuclear material, and strong words of warning from the Russian government. Will this weekend's Trump/Putin meeting in Japan de-escalate tensions?

War Is Weakness: Non-Intervention In The Affairs of Other Nations Requires Toughness, Conviction, and Strength

By Liberty Report Staff

US Arms Dealers Getting Rich On Yemen's Misery

As the Saudi genocide of Yemen continues, everything's coming up roses for the US arms dealers who are supplying the Saudi killing machine. Billions in arms sales are made yearly and foreign agents lobbying for the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates are making millions. Meanwhile, millions of Yemeni civilians face starvation, disease, and death in the four year Saudi war of aggression on them.