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Politicians & Their Endless Pleas For Unity

By Chris Rossini

Politicians are always calling for "unity." 

But with the current role that people have accepted and attribute to government, these politicians are chasing after unicorns.

In our private lives, we are not allowed to rob, cheat or defraud our neighbor. The vast majority of people naturally live by this unwritten rule. The tremendous cost and uncertainty that go with a life of crime prevents almost everyone from choosing that road.

However, since we're all individuals who are free...

Rep. Ilhan Omar: Riding The Third Rail - With Guest Phil Giraldi

Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar (MN) has stirred up both political parties with her comments on the Israel Lobby, has infuriated the Republicans with her aggressive line of questioning for Trump's "regime change" expert Elliott Abrams, and has driven the Democrats mad with her criticisms of Barack Obama. Is she on the right track, or off the rails?

War Drums: US Diplomats Ordered Home From Venezuela - With Special Guest Jim Jatras

Secretary of State Pompeo has ordered all US diplomats to return from Venezuela. Their presence in country is "constraining" US foreign policy, he says. Is this the pre-cursor to a US attack? What about the power outages in Venezuela? A US cyber-attack? Are the neocons about to pull the trigger?

Bipartisan Attacks on the Second Amendment

By Ron Paul

The House of Representatives recently passed legislation that would expand the national background check system to require almost everyone selling firearms, including private collectors who supplement their incomes by selling firearms at gun shows, to perform background checks on the potential buyers. The bill has a section purporting to bar creation of a national firearms registry. However, the expanded background check system will require the government to compile lists of those...

No, Robots Won't Make Us All Unemployed

By Austin Pace

As candidates begin to put their names in the hat for the presidential race, one candidate is running almost solely on one issue. Andrew Yang, a former lawyer and entrepreneur, wants Universal Basic Income to be implemented for all 18-64 year-olds. His argument for this, per his website, is “a third of all working Americans will lose their job to automation in the next 12 years. Our current policies are not equipped to handle this crisis.”

Will Technology Cause An Unemployment Cr...

Manafort To Jail - Not About Justice; Not About Russia

Former Trump campaign official Paul Manafort has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for acting as an unregistered agent for Ukraine. But looking at the media coverage of the case one would never know that "taking down" Manafort was not all about Russia collusion. Reporting...or propaganda?

Unintended Consequences: Minimum Wage Hike Backfires at Whole Foods

As is always the case, government "help" backfires on the very people that are purportedly being "helped." The minimum wage law is a prime example. As government outlaws jobs below a certain dollar amount, low-skilled workers suffer tremendously and are forced into unemployment. Employees of Whole Foods are now experiencing a minimum wage hike blowback as their hours are being slashed. Ron Paul discusses on today's Liberty Report.

Did The NSA Kill Its Program To Spy On Us...Or Upgrade It?

A surprise revelation from a staffer in House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) office has everyone talking about whether the NSA has really ended its metadata collection of our phone calls and texts, which was authorized by the 2015 USA FREEDOM Act. They say they no longer need the data collection allowed by the Act. Is it true...or have they developed something else?

How To Sidestep The "Change The World" Epidemic

By Chris Rossini

"When I grow up, I'm going to change the world."

Very common words, that often lead to very common troubles. Politics and wars are the outgrowth of such erroneous thinking. 

So what's the problem here?

Well, let's ask a few simple questions:

- Did you create the world? ... No.
- Did you create yourself? ... No.
- Do you know everything about the world ... No.
- Do you know everything about yourself ... No.

Things are not looking good so far, since every single person walking this Eart...

Is John Bolton The New Dick Cheney?

President George W. Bush's vice president, Dick Cheney, is widely seen as the "real" president when it came to implementing an aggressive, neocon-approved foreign policy. Bush was seen as incurious putty in Cheney's hands. Has Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton taken on that role in this Administration? Is Bolton the new Cheney?